Gama
Vas·co da [vas-koh duh; Portuguese vahsh-kooduh], /ˈvæs koʊ də; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ də/, c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.
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At the hospital, the police presented Gama with an award for his courage.
Brooklyn Shooting Hits Close to Bill de Blasio’s Park Slope Home | Michael Daly | July 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs unlucky as Gama was to have been hit, he was incredibly lucky that neither bullet had pierced his skull into his brain.
Gama does not just sing the words of these songs of faith; he lives by their message.
No conversation of any length can be carried on without a reference to Camoens and to Vasco da Gama.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetVasco de Gama died on Christmas eve 1524, having been only three months viceroy.
Grasses grew high: wild timothy and wild oats and Gama grass, mingled with flowers.
Pluck on the Long Trail | Edwin L. SabinCoello need not have feared: Da Gama knew his brave colleague too well to imagine that he was really thinking of retreat.
Chatterbox, 1906 | VariousAt Da Gama's order all were marshalled on deck, and stood, sullen and powerless, before the captain.
Chatterbox, 1906 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for Gama
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Vasco da (ˈvæskəʊ də). ?1469–1524, Portuguese navigator, who discovered the sea route from Portugal to India around the Cape of Good Hope (1498)
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