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Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
Streets in numerous cities, such as Cristoforo Colombo Avenue in Rome, connecting Ostia with the EUR district. Portugal At least 20 streets, 1 avenue and 1 square ; also a shopping mall
Percentage Speaking Spanish at Home Population Speaking Spanish at Home (in thousands) New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 18,066,122 20.24 3656 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 12,450,222 36.0128 4483 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 8,898,149 17.3754 1546 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 7,060,749 23.0874 1630
Two nations, Colombia and Venezuela, are named after the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and the Italian city Venice respectively; the very concept of "Latin America" (coined in the 19th century to describe the territories of the Americas where Spanish and Portuguese were spoken) is indirectly named after the Italian region of Latium, in ...
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Paterson used to have the largest Italian percentage of any NJ city. Rockaway; Rutherford; Sea Isle City. Fish Alley; Secaucus; Toms River (22.6% Italian American) Trenton. South Trenton. Chambersburg; Ventnor City (22.8% Italian American) Verona; Vineland (22.8% Italian American) West New York; Wildwood and The Wildwoods
They chose as their hero Cristoforo Colombo, the Italian explorer who, sailing for the Spanish crown, on Oct. 12, 1492, made landfall in what was then called the New World. ... Whatever one thinks ...
Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.With a 2020 census population of 905,748, [10] it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest (after Chicago), and the third-most populous U.S. state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas).