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Gama

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

noun

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


Gama British  
/ 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)

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Take Bournemouth's signing of Rayan from Vasco de Gama in January, breaking the Brazilian club's transfer record in the process.

From BBC May 28, 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

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