Columbus

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin columbus (“a dove”). Doublet of Colombo. The common noun and verb are references to the Italian explorer. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kəˈlʌmbəs/ ==== Proper noun ==== Columbus A male given name from Latin. A surname. Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), Italian explorer of the Americas. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States: The capital city of Ohio, and the county seat of Franklin County. A city, the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, with which it is consolidated. A village in Adams County, Illinois. A city, the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana. A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas. A tiny home rule city in Hickman County, Kentucky. A small city in Anoka County, Minnesota, previously a township. A city, the county seat of Lowndes County, Mississippi. An unincorporated community and inactive township in Johnson County, Missouri. A town, the county seat of Stillwater County, Montana. A city, the county seat of Platte County, Nebraska. An unincorporated community in Burlington County, New Jersey. A village in Luna County, New Mexico. A town in Chenango County, New York. A town, the county seat of Polk County, North Carolina. A tiny city in Burke County, North Dakota. A small city, the county seat of Colorado County, Texas. A small city in Columbia County and Dodge County, Wisconsin. A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin. A number of townships, in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan (2), Nebraska and Pennsylvania, listed under Columbus Township. ===== Synonyms ===== (capital city of Ohio): Col's ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== Columbus (plural Columbuses) A person who makes a great discovery. ==== Verb ==== Columbus (third-person singular simple present Columbuses, present participle Columbusing, simple past and past participle Columbused) (possibly dated, slang) To explore; to go around exploring, to go around as an explorer. (derogatory, slang, US) To appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else. === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Proper noun ==== Columbus plural of Columbu == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkoːˈlʏm.bʏs/ Hyphenation: Co‧lum‧bus === Proper noun === Columbus a surname; Columbus, chiefly in reference to Christopher Columbus ==== Derived terms ==== ei van Columbus