Columbus

Definitions

1. A male given name from Latin.
2. A person who makes a great discovery.
3. A surname.
4. Christopher Columbus (1451?–1506), Italian explorer of the Americas.
5. Any of various cities, towns and villages in the United States:
6. The capital city of Ohio, and the county seat of Franklin County.
7. A city, the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, with which it is consolidated.
8. A village in Adams County, Illinois.
9. A city, the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana.
10. A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas.
11. A tiny home rule city in Hickman County, Kentucky.
12. A small city in Anoka County, Minnesota, previously a township.
13. A city, the county seat of Lowndes County, Mississippi.
14. An unincorporated community and inactive township in Johnson County, Missouri.
15. A town, the county seat of Stillwater County, Montana.
16. A city, the county seat of Platte County, Nebraska.
17. An unincorporated community in Burlington County, New Jersey.
18. A village in Luna County, New Mexico.
19. A town in Chenango County, New York.
20. A town, the county seat of Polk County, North Carolina.
21. A tiny city in Burke County, North Dakota.
22. A small city, the county seat of Colorado County, Texas.
23. A small city in Columbia County and Dodge County, Wisconsin.
24. A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
25. A number of townships, in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan (2), Nebraska and Pennsylvania, listed under Columbus Township.

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Examples

“"It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world."”

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