da Gama
noun
Vasco Gama, Vasco da.
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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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
Hence the title Vasco da Ganya – a play on the name of the 15th Century Portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama, and the Swahili word danganya, which means "to lie".
From BBC ● May 13, 2025
“We are sitting on a time bomb,” Vasco da Gama vice president Felipe Carregal Sztajnbok said in March.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
In his first stage role, at 9, Mr. Carter played the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama on a voyage of discovery.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
At the front of the class, Mr. Perry droned on about Amerigo Vespucci and Vasco da Gama and the Great Age of Discovery while I stared out the window.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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
Da Gama had come to India on a quest to find an all-water route to Southeast and East Asia, the source of spices, silks, porcelains, and other Asian goods.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Their owner, a Portuguese named Da Gama, tells Father Cyprian, Grim and the others about the Nine.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2020
Following Da Gama, Portuguese fleets established a lucrative monopoly on trade between Europe and West African kingdoms, East African kingdoms, and Indian merchants.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
When Da Gama heard of this he announced that he would fire on any vessel that dared attempt it.
From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III by Charles Morris
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