Columbus
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wiktionary
From Latin columbus(“a dove”). Doublet of Colombo. The verb is a reference to the Italian explorer.
etymonline
Columbus
his name is Latinized from his native Italian Cristoforo Colombo, in Spanish Cristóbal Colón.
America was discovered accidentally by a great seaman who was looking for something else, and most of the exploration for the next fifty years was done in the hope of getting through or around it. [S.E. Morison, "The Oxford History of the United States," 1965]
