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da Gama

American  
[duh gam-uh, duh gah-muh] / də ˈgæm ə, də ˈgɑ mə /

noun

  1. Vasco Gama, Vasco da.


Da Gama British  
/ də ˈɡɑːmə /

noun

  1. See Gama

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Bournemouth are closing in on a move worth about £30.6m for Vasco da Gama striker Rayan.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

“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

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