Columbus

American  

[kuh-luhm-buhs] / kəˈlʌm bəs /

noun

1. Christopher Sp. Cristóbal ColónIt. Cristoforo Colombo, 1446?–1506, Italian navigator in Spanish service: traditionally considered the discoverer of America 1492.

2. a city in and the capital of Ohio, in the central part.

3. a city in W Georgia.

4. a city in central Indiana.

5. a city in E Mississippi.

6. a city in E Nebraska.

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Columbus ¹ British  

/ kəˈlʌmbəs /

noun

1. Christopher. Spanish name Cristóbal Colón, Italian name Cristoforo Colombo. 1451–1506, Italian navigator and explorer in the service of Spain, who discovered the New World (1492)

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Columbus ² British  

/ kəˈlʌmbəs /

noun

1. a city in central Ohio: the state capital. Pop: 728 432 (2003 est)

2. a city in W Georgia, on the Chattahoochee River. Pop: 185 702 (2003 est)

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Columbus Cultural  

1. Capital of Ohio.

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Example Sentences

For many summers I stayed at a hotel in Columbus that had a contract to house these enlistees on their final nights as civilians.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two state capitals helped tip the balance: Columbus, Ohio, and Lansing, Mich. Both posted net gains in domestic migrants in the last measured year after net losses the year before.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I always felt like that was a gap in our educational system,” said Scott Seavers, who 20 years ago asked if he could teach a personal-finance class at Columbus North High School in Indiana.

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And then Denver, then Wichita, and then Chicago and then Columbus and on and on.

From Literature

You could protest it, mock it, rage against it at dinner parties in Beverly Hills and the living rooms of suburban Columbus.

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