Cristobal Colon

  

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Cristobal Colon

Definition: Cristobal Colon

Cristobal Colon

Noun

1. Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Cristobal Colon

Synonyms: Christopher Colombus (n), Columbus (n), Cristoforo Colombo (n). (additional references)

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Photo Album: Cristobal Colon

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Photographed in U.S. waters, with the river steamer Angler in the background, circa the 1880s or 1890s. This class of small cruisers included the Infanta Isabel (1885-1926), Isabel II (1886-1902), Cristobal Colon (1887-1895), Conde del Venadito (1888-1902), Don Antonio de Ulloa (1887-1898), and Don Juan de Austria (1887-1898). The latter two ships were lost in the Battle of Manila Bay, 1 May 1898, along with the Velasco (1881-1898), a ship of similar design. Credit: NAVY.

Columbus Monument and the Cristobal Colon Fort, San Juan, Porto Rico. Credit: Library of Congress.

Havana, heap of bones in the cemetery, Necropolis Cristobal Colon. Credit: Library of Congress.

Heap of bones in cemetery, Necropolis Cristobal Colon, Havana. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wreck of the Cristobal Colon, Battle of Santiago, 1898. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cristobal Colon

SubjectTopicQuote

Travel

Ecuador

Other areas identified as dangerous for tourists are El Tejar, Parroquia San Sebastian, Mariscal Sucre, Avenida Cristobal Colon and Gonzalez Suarez. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cristobal Colon

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cristobal colon

205

universidad cristobal colon

26

biografia de cristobal colon

22

viajes de cristobal colon

14
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Cristobal Colon

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-i-l-l-n-o-o-o-r-s-t"

-2 letters: collocations.

-3 letters: biocontrols, collocation, colorations.

-4 letters: balloonist, biocontrol, colicroots, collations, coloration, iconoclast, oscillator.

-5 letters: abortions, boltonias, broccolis, carbinols, carbolics, carillons, cilantros, cloistral, coactions, cocobolas, colicroot, collation, collators, colonials, colorants, colostral, consortia, contrails, cornballs, cotillons, latosolic, lobations, locations, narcotics, oblations, ocotillos, stillborn, tonsillar, tonsorial, tornillos, torsional.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Cristobal Colon


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 72 69 73 74 6F 62 61 6C      43 6F 6C 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01110010 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101111 01100010 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101100 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#114 &#105 &#115 &#116 &#111 &#98 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#67 &#111 &#108 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0072 0069 0073 0074 006F 0062 0061 006C      0043 006F 006C 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37847585868168677823781788180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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