Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 个月前Both District of Columbus and Colombia are named after Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) Does anyone know why they're spelled differently?message-squaremessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down13
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareBoth District of Columbus and Colombia are named after Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) Does anyone know why they're spelled differently?Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 个月前message-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 个月前He wasn’t Spanish. That was just his name translated from Italian into Spanish. Cristoforo Colombo.
minus-squareMissJinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 个月前I know but the question he asked matches the spanish name. Maybe some spanish influence in the naming.
He wasn’t Spanish. That was just his name translated from Italian into Spanish. Cristoforo Colombo.
I know but the question he asked matches the spanish name. Maybe some spanish influence in the naming.