Columbus
[kə'lʌmbəs]
Definition
(noun.) a city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; industrial center.
(noun.) a town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama.
(noun.) the state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University.
(noun.) Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506).
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Examples
- The enemy gave up all idea of detaching troops from Columbus. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Arriving at Columbus on the 16th I reported by telegraph: Your dispatch from Cairo of the 3d directing me to report from Cairo was received at 11. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Columbus, besides being strongly fortified, contained a garrison much more numerous than the force I had with me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The enemy at this time occupied a line running from the Mississippi River at Columbus to Bowling Green and Mill Springs, Kentucky. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thence a force marched direct on Columbus, and another on West Point, both of which places were assaulted and captured on the 16th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the 21st he had detached Colonel Hatch with one regiment to destroy the railroad between Columbus and Macon and then return to La Grange. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Troops had been sent north by Halleck along the line of the Mobile and Ohio railroad to put it in repair as far as Columbus. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- All the other enterprizes of the Spaniards in the New World, subsequent to those of Columbus, seem to have been prompted by the same motive. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- From Columbus they could, of course, see our gunboats and transports loaded with troops. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the 15th of November, while I was still at Holly Springs, I sent word to Sherman to meet me at Columbus. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The enemy had about 7,000; but this includes the troops brought over from Columbus who were not engaged in the first defence of Belmont. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I received orders to pass them through my lines to Columbus as they presented themselves with proper credentials. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The railroad from Columbus to Corinth was at once put in good condition and held by us. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was certainly known in France in the time of Louis IX, who died nine years before Columbus discovered America. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nobody ever HAD built above Fortieth Street--no, says I, nor above the Battery either, before Christopher Columbus discovered America. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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