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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A switch back to Brazil with Vasco da Gama has also failed to materialise.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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
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
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
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
With these excellent professions, and amid very general demonstrations of popular interest, Da Gama set sail on July 5th, 1497.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper
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