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
Santos, who has four caps for Brazil, moved to Stamford Bridge from Vasco da Gama for £11m nearly three years ago, before loan spells back at Vasco, at Nottingham Forest, then at Strasbourg.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
For Pec, the Galaxy’s spectacular 23-year-old winger, the change started last February, when he left Brazilian club Vasco da Gama, the only team he had ever known.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 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
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
Coello need not have feared: Da Gama knew his brave colleague too well to imagine that he was really thinking of retreat.
From Chatterbox, 1906 by Clarke, J. Erskine (John Erskine)
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