Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "Colombo". It most commonly refers to:
- Christopher Columbus
- Columbus, Ohio, United States
Columbus may also refer to:
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Famous quotes containing the word columbus:
“If Columbus was the first to discover the islands, Americus Vespucius and Cabot, and the Puritans, and we their descendants, have discovered only the shores of America.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
“The only history is a mere question of one’s struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)