Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Vespucci   Listen
Vespucci

noun
1.
Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512).  Synonyms: Americus Vespucius, Amerigo Vespucci.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar





"Vespucci" Quotes from Famous Books



... art of war by fighting successfully with the valiant Moors? The natives were at once overpowered and hundreds were slaughtered. From that time forth they became the slaves of their conquerors; a fact which reconciles us in some degree in the light of poetical justice to the fact that Amerigo Vespucci, who followed in the footsteps of others, yet took the honors of discovery so far as to give his name to the largest quarter of ...
— Due South or Cuba Past and Present • Maturin M. Ballou

... honorary Consulates General in Washington and New York, and an honorary Consulate in Detroit; US—no mission in San Marino, but the Consul General in Florence (Italy) is accredited to San Marino; Consulate General at 38 Lungarno Amerigo Vespucci, Florence, Italy (mailing address is APO NY 09019); ...
— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency



Words linked to "Vespucci" :   navigator



Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com