Gama

[ gam-uh; Portuguese gah-muh ]

noun

1. Vas·co da [vas, -koh d, uh, vahsh, -k, oo, d, uh], c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.

Gama

/ ˈɡɑːmə /

noun

1. GamaVasco da?14691524MPortugueseTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator Vasco da (ˈvæskəʊ də). ?1469–1524, Portuguese navigator, who discovered the sea route from Portugal to India around the Cape of Good Hope (1498)

Example Sentences

At the hospital, the police presented Gama with an award for his courage.

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As unlucky as Gama was to have been hit, he was incredibly lucky that neither bullet had pierced his skull into his brain.

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Gama does not just sing the words of these songs of faith; he lives by their message.

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No conversation of any length can be carried on without a reference to Camoens and to Vasco da Gama.

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Vasco de Gama died on Christmas eve 1524, having been only three months viceroy.

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Grasses grew high: wild timothy and wild oats and gama grass, mingled with flowers.

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Coello need not have feared: Da Gama knew his brave colleague too well to imagine that he was really thinking of retreat.

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At Da Gama's order all were marshalled on deck, and stood, sullen and powerless, before the captain.

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