"Columbus" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /kəˈlʌmbəs/ Audio: En-au-Columbus.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From Latin columbus (“a dove”). Doublet of Colombo. The verb is a reference to the Italian explorer. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|columbus||a dove}} Latin columbus (“a dove”), {{doublet|en|Colombo}} Doublet of Colombo Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Columbus
  1. A male given name from Latin. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-XC4~mcw6
  2. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  3. Christopher Columbus (1451?–1506), Italian explorer of the Americas. Derived forms: Columbian, Columbian Exchange, columbium, Columbus Channel, Columbus County, Knight of Columbus
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-qeHo3ITH
  4. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    The capital city of Ohio, United States and the county seat of Franklin County.
    Categories (place): Cities in Ohio, USA, Cities in the United States, Columbus, Places in Ohio, USA, Places in the United States, State capitals of the United States Synonyms (capital city of Ohio): Col's
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-mIbjs-Ox Categories (other): County seats of Ohio, USA Disambiguation of 'capital city of Ohio': 1 0 0 28 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 3
  5. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A city, the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated.
    Categories (place): Cities in Georgia, USA, Cities in the United States, Columbus, Places in Georgia, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-mC4q9Zmh Categories (other): County seats of Georgia, USA
  6. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A village in Adams County, Illinois, United States.
    Categories (place): Places in Illinois, USA, Places in the United States, Villages in Illinois, USA, Villages in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-ox97ZvSC
  7. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A city, the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States.
    Categories (place): Cities in Indiana, USA, Cities in the United States, Columbus, Places in Indiana, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-t2m8VKEG Categories (other): County seats of Indiana, USA
  8. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States.
    Categories (place): Cities in Kansas, USA, Cities in the United States, Columbus, Places in Kansas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-ZSYScgnw Categories (other): County seats of Kansas, USA
  9. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A tiny home rule city in Hickman County, Kentucky, United States.
    Categories (place): Cities in Kentucky, USA, Cities in the United States, Columbus, Places in Kentucky, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-6qmZ8P2x
  10. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A small city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.
    Categories (place): Cities in Minnesota, USA, Cities in the United States, Columbus, Places in Minnesota, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-TkwHL8j-
  11. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A city, the county seat of Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States.
    Categories (place): Cities in Mississippi, USA, Cities in the United States, Columbus, Places in Mississippi, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-RwZDDe3b Categories (other): County seats of Mississippi, USA
  12. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri, United States.
    Categories (place): Places in Missouri, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
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  13. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A town, the county seat of Stillwater County, Montana, United States.
    Categories (place): Places in Montana, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Montana, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-7kF-TY3H Categories (other): County seats of Montana, USA
  14. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A city, the county seat of Platte County, Nebraska, United States.
    Categories (place): Cities in Nebraska, USA, Cities in the United States, Columbus, Places in Nebraska, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-swGpNceE Categories (other): County seats of Nebraska, USA
  15. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    An unincorporated community in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
    Categories (place): Places in New Jersey, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in New Jersey, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-rEGOyfwK
  16. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A village in Luna County, New Mexico, United States.
    Categories (place): Places in New Mexico, USA, Places in the United States, Villages in New Mexico, USA, Villages in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-RKSe3bHj
  17. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A town in Chenango County, New York, United States.
    Categories (place): Places in New York, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in New York, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-F9-3u1Gs
  18. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A town, the county seat of Polk County, North Carolina, United States.
    Categories (place): Places in North Carolina, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in North Carolina, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-fJVNcGqT Categories (other): County seats of North Carolina, USA
  19. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A tiny city in Burke County, North Dakota, United States.
    Categories (place): Cities in North Dakota, USA, Cities in the United States, Columbus, Places in North Dakota, USA, Places in the United States
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  20. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A small city, the county seat of Colorado County, Texas, United States.
    Categories (place): Cities in Texas, USA, Cities in the United States, Columbus, Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-GtUHLv9P Categories (other): County seats of Texas, USA
  21. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A small city in Columbia County and Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States.
    Categories (place): Cities in Wisconsin, USA, Cities in the United States, Columbus, Places in Wisconsin, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-qdd5Dt~g
  22. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States.
    A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States.
    Categories (place): Places in Wisconsin, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Wisconsin, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-name-KCKkblWJ

Noun

IPA: /kəˈlʌmbəs/ Audio: En-au-Columbus.ogg [Australia] Forms: Columbuses [plural]
Etymology: From Latin columbus (“a dove”). Doublet of Colombo. The verb is a reference to the Italian explorer. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|columbus||a dove}} Latin columbus (“a dove”), {{doublet|en|Colombo}} Doublet of Colombo Head templates: {{en-noun|es}} Columbus (plural Columbuses)
  1. A person who makes a great discovery. Translations (Christopher Columbus): Colom [masculine] (Catalan), 哥倫布 (Chinese Mandarin), 哥伦布 (Gēlúnbù) (Chinese Mandarin), Christoffel [masculine] (Dutch), Kolumbo (Esperanto), Kolumbus (Finnish), Colomb [masculine] (French), Christophe Colomb [masculine] (French), Kolumbus [masculine] (German), Christoph Kolumbus [masculine] (German), Christoph Columbus [masculine] (German), Christoph Colon [masculine] (German), Kolumbusz Kristóf (Hungarian), Cristoforo Colombo [masculine] (Italian), Colombo [masculine] (Italian), コロンブス (Koronbusu) (Japanese), កូឡុំ (koulom) (Khmer), 콜럼버스 (Kolleombeoseu) (Korean), कोलंबस (kolambas) [masculine] (Marathi), କଲମ୍ବସ୍ (kôlômbôs) (Odia), Kolumb [masculine] (Polish), Colombo [masculine] (Portuguese), Columb [masculine] (Romanian), Колу́мб (Kolúmb) [masculine] (Russian), Cristóbal Colón [masculine] (Spanish), Colón [masculine] (Spanish), Kha Luân Bố [dated] (Vietnamese), Colombo (Vietnamese), Cristoforo Colombo (Vietnamese) Translations (given male name): 哥倫布 (Chinese Mandarin), 哥伦布 (Gēlúnbù) (Chinese Mandarin), Κολόμβος (Kolómvos) [masculine] (Greek), कोलंबस (kolambas) [masculine] (Marathi), Kolumb [masculine] (Polish), Колу́мбус (Kolúmbus) [masculine] (Russian) Translations (surname): 哥倫布 (Chinese Mandarin), 哥伦布 (Gēlúnbù) (Chinese Mandarin), Colombo [feminine, masculine] (Italian), कोलंबस (kolambas) [masculine] (Marathi), Колу́мбус (Kolúmbus) [feminine, masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-noun-npJWRVQB

Verb

IPA: /kəˈlʌmbəs/ Audio: En-au-Columbus.ogg [Australia] Forms: Columbuses [present, singular, third-person], Columbusing [participle, present], Columbused [participle, past], Columbused [past]
Etymology: From Latin columbus (“a dove”). Doublet of Colombo. The verb is a reference to the Italian explorer. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|columbus||a dove}} Latin columbus (“a dove”), {{doublet|en|Colombo}} Doublet of Colombo Head templates: {{en-verb}} Columbus (third-person singular simple present Columbuses, present participle Columbusing, simple past and past participle Columbused)
  1. (possibly dated, slang) To explore; to go around exploring, to go around as an explorer. Tags: dated, possibly, slang
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-verb-SLXJrf1W
  2. (derogatory, slang, US) To appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else. Tags: US, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-Columbus-en-verb-Oj5RlMZq Categories (other): American English

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Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "given male name",
      "word": "哥倫布"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Gēlúnbù",
      "sense": "given male name",
      "word": "哥伦布"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Kolómvos",
      "sense": "given male name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Κολόμβος"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kolambas",
      "sense": "given male name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कोलंबस"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "given male name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kolumb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Kolúmbus",
      "sense": "given male name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Колу́мбус"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "哥倫布"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Gēlúnbù",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "哥伦布"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "surname",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Colombo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kolambas",
      "sense": "surname",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कोलंबस"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Kolúmbus",
      "sense": "surname",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Колу́мбус"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Colom"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "word": "哥倫布"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Gēlúnbù",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "word": "哥伦布"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Christoffel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "word": "Kolumbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "word": "Kolumbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Colomb"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Christophe Colomb"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kolumbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Christoph Kolumbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Christoph Columbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Christoph Colon"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "word": "Kolumbusz Kristóf"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cristoforo Colombo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Colombo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Koronbusu",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "word": "コロンブス"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "koulom",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "word": "កូឡុំ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Kolleombeoseu",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "word": "콜럼버스"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kolambas",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कोलंबस"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "kôlômbôs",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "word": "କଲମ୍ବସ୍"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kolumb"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Colombo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Columb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Kolúmb",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Колу́мб"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cristóbal Colón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Colón"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "Kha Luân Bố"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "word": "Colombo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Christopher Columbus",
      "word": "Cristoforo Colombo"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
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      "expansion": "Latin columbus (“a dove”)",
      "name": "bor"
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        "2": "Colombo"
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin columbus (“a dove”). Doublet of Colombo. The verb is a reference to the Italian explorer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Columbuses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Columbusing",
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        "past"
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      "tags": [
        "past"
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      "expansion": "Columbus (third-person singular simple present Columbuses, present participle Columbusing, simple past and past participle Columbused)",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1893, American Boys Afloat: Or, Cruising in the Orient, page 150",
          "text": "\"But, boy the powers of mud, I belayve you fellers mane to make an indepindint cruise in the Orient, and go Columbusing all over the ocean boy the way ye's talk!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1908, Out West, volume 28, page 90",
          "text": "Callous as the old mummy was about anything and everything save his pet hobby, archaeology, he would sit up and take notice of such a vision ; and Peter felt that, having Columbused the discovery, he had the better right to it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1908, Sunset, volume 20, page 271",
          "text": "To the west of the river lay the country in which I went Columbusing — the enchanted desert whose southern boundary was where the sky reached down and merged with the earth curve, and whose northern limit was the Harqua Hala range […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1921, Forest Leaves, volume 15, page lxx",
          "text": "No street car line passes it, so you'll have to do a little Columbusing on your own account-to find it-—but it's worth discovering, and President Gardner's phophecy sounds conservative.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To explore; to go around exploring, to go around as an explorer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "explore",
          "explore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(possibly dated, slang) To explore; to go around exploring, to go around as an explorer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "possibly",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Justin Simien, Dear White People, Simon and Schuster, page 97",
          "text": "When his black friend tells him that many people knew about the bar before he did, his white friend retorts by saying that he “Columbused it”; i.e., discovered it for white people before a gaggle of hip white people flooded in.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014-07-06, Brenda Salinas, “‘Columbusing’: The Art Of Discovering Something That Is Not New”, in NPR",
          "text": "Of course, there is no bouncer, but we can be careful not to Columbus other culture's traditions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Frederic Charles Schaffer, Elucidating Social Science Concepts, Routledge, page 54",
          "text": "He then lists other things that have been Columbused, such as twerking by Miley Cyrus and hummus by “health conscious whities.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "appropriate",
          "appropriate"
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        [
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          "discovery"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, slang, US) To appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/kəˈlʌmbəs/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
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}

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