• MissJinx@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    First of all his name wasn’t even Christopher lol.

    The original Spanish name of Christopher Columbus is Cristóbal Colón, that’s why it’s the name they honored him

      • MissJinx@lemmy.world
        11·
        8 days ago

        I know but the question he asked matches the spanish name. Maybe some spanish influence in the naming.

  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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    9 days ago

    There are even more versions:

    Colombia
    Columbia
    Colón
    Colombo
    Columbus
    Colomb
    Colom

    Places were usually named by settlers according to the rules of their own language. Columbus is the Latin variant, Colón is Spanish, Colombo Italian.

    Back in 15th-16th century translating personal names was common. The practice is still continues with monarchs today, see popes - John Paul ll was also Iohannes Paulus, Juan Pablo, Ivan Pavao …

    • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      Colombia
      Columbia
      Colón
      Colombo
      Columbus
      Colomb
      Colom

      Uhhhh… Just one more spelling, Sir, if you don’t mind…