da Gama
noun
Vasco Gama, Vasco da.
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da Gama
American
[duh gam-uh, duh gah-muh]
/ də ˈgæm ə, də ˈgɑ mə /
noun
Da Gama
British
/ də ˈɡɑːmə /
noun
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The Blues have not stood in his way, particularly given they are set to make a significant profit on the £16m fee paid to Vasco da Gama in 2023.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
None of us ever met Christopher Columbus or Ferdinand Magellan or Vasco da Gama, the great explorers of history, but for more than 50 years astronauts have walked among us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Like Pec, 23, who came to MLS from Brazil’s Vasco da Gama, where he played as a wide winger in a rigid system that left little room for improvisation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
“We are sitting on a time bomb,” Vasco da Gama vice president Felipe Carregal Sztajnbok said in March.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
Before the British took Malabar, before the Dutch Ascendency, before Vasco da Gama arrived, before the Zamorin’s conquest of Calicut.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Similar walls have been built at the historical sites such as Fort Jesus in Mombasa and Vasco Da Gama Pillar in Malindi after the rise in seawater threatened these tourist attractions.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2024
Their owner, a Portuguese named Da Gama, tells Father Cyprian, Grim and the others about the Nine.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2020
In 1497, Vasco Da Gama, a Portuguese nobleman, was sponsored by the Portuguese crown and sailed around Africa and as far as India, in the process claiming various territories for Portugal.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Da Gama and his crew were amazed by the spices, rare silks, and precious gems that filled Calicut’s shops.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Da Gama was now forty-three years old, and must have been in the very prime of manhood.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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