Gama

[gam-uh, gah-muh]

noun

1. Vasco da c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.

Gama

/ ˈɡɑːmə /

noun

1. Vasco da (ˈvæskəʊ də). ?1469–1524, Portuguese navigator, who discovered the sea route from Portugal to India around the Cape of Good Hope (1498)

Example Sentences

Fabio made his professional debut in 1997 and has spent his entire career in Brazil, representing Uniao Bandeirante, Atletico Paranaense, Vasco da Gama, Cruzeiro and Fluminense.

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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".

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Marinakis also confirmed in December he had been in talks to purchase Brazilian side Vasco da Gama.

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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.

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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.

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