Dictionary![]() ![]() Co•lum•busPronunciation: (ku-lum'bus), [key] —n. 1. Christopher (Sp. Cristóbal Colón; It. Cristoforo Colombo), 1446?–1506, Italian navigator in Spanish service: traditionally considered the discoverer of America 1492. 2. a city in and the capital of Ohio, in the central part. 564,871. 3. a city in W Georgia. 169,441. 4. a city in central Indiana. 30,292. 5. a city in E Mississippi. 27,383. 6. a city in E Nebraska. 17,328. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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