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biographical name(Co-lum-bus)Christopher or Italian ChristoforoColomboor Spanish CristóbalColón 1451—1506 Genoese navigator and explorer for Spain
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geographical name(Co-lum-bus)city on the Chattahoochee River in western Georgia population 189,885
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geographical name(Co-lum-bus)city in south central Indiana population 44,061
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geographical name(Co-lum-bus)city in eastern Mississippi population 23,640
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noun(Co-lum-bus)October 12 formerly observed as a legal holiday in many states of the U.S. in commemoration of the landing of Columbus in the Bahamas in 1492
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noun(Co-lum-bus)the second Monday in October observed as a legal holiday in many states of the U.S.
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noun phrase(Co-lum-bus)a member of a benevolent and fraternal society of Roman Catholic men