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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Those are Northern Virginia, the Dallas-Forth Worth area and cities like Columbus and Phoenix, which are home to “legacy” developments, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Tequilla Washington, a Dallas Cowboys fan from Columbus, Ohio, traveled here with her Steelers-supporting friends as a way to combine football with a bucket-list trip to Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

This western stretch of the Columbus metropolitan area, the fastest-growing and most economically vibrant region in the Buckeye State, is not coincidentally home to its largest South Asian populations.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

In an open letter to The Columbus Dispatch newspaper, the city's former mayor Michael Coleman called the ad "the most vile, disgusting and lowest point I have ever seen in 35 years of political engagement."

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

When did Columbus discover what we now call America?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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