Magellan

[ muh-jel-uhn ]

noun

1. Ferdinand, c1480–1521, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Strait of Magellan 1520 and the Philippines 1521.
2. Strait of Magellan, Also Straits of Magellan. a strait near the southern tip of South America between the mainland of Chile and Tierra del Fuego and other islands, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. 360 miles (580 kilometers) long.

Magellan

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/ məˈɡɛlən /

noun

1. Strait of Magellan
   a strait between the mainland of S South America and Tierra del Fuego, linking the S Pacific with the S Atlantic. Length: 600 km (370 miles). Width: up to 32 km (20 miles)

Magellan

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/ məˈɡɛlən /

noun

1. MagellanFerdinand?14801521MPortugueseTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator Ferdinand. Portuguese name Fernão de Magalhães. ?1480–1521, Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain. He commanded an expedition of five ships that set out to sail to the East Indies via the West. He discovered the Strait of Magellan (1520), crossed the Pacific, and reached the Philippines (1521), where he was killed by natives. One of his ships reached Spain (1522) and was therefore the first to circumnavigate the world

Other Words From

• Mag·el·lan·ic [maj-, uh, -, lan, -ik], adjective

Example Sentences

Images and a digital scan from an 2022 expedition carried out by deep-sea mapping company Magellan and documentary makers Atlantic Productions show that the railing was still attached - though it was starting to buckle.

From BBC

“There are a lot of ways they can slow the process down,” said Jim Lanard, president of Magellan Wind, an offshore development firm.

From Los Angeles Times

Images and a digital scan from an 2022 expedition carried out by deep-sea mapping company Magellan and documentary makers Atlantic Productions show that the railing is still attached - though it is starting to buckle.

From BBC

In a series of social media posts from 2015 onwards, Robinson complained about posts he saw from other people that described a settler-colonial genocide in which huge numbers of indigenous peoples were displaced, forcefully assimilated and killed from the Hudson Bay to the Straits of Magellan, calling them "ludicrous" and "VERY historically inaccurate."

From Salon

In the 1990s, NASA’s spacecraft Magellan used cloud-penetrating radar to survey most of the planet.

From New York Times