2006-07-26 06:26:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
holy pole?
2006-07-26 06:33:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name of the person we have been taught to call Christopher Columbus was really Cristofom Colon or maybe Don Cristoval Colon. Some recourses I have found said he "choose" his name.
He was a navigator.
The name possibly means to carry the word of Christ across the big pond.
2006-07-26 07:43:36 · answer #2 · answered by wb7tts 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christopher means "Bearer of Christ". Columbus is a variant of the Latin word for "dove".
2006-07-26 06:32:51 · answer #3 · answered by Ellethwen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His original name in Italy was Christofono Colombo. To the Spainards he was known as Christobal Colon.
That's why at one end of the Panama Canal there is the city of Christobal and at the other end Colon.
2006-07-26 06:39:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christopher, yes.
Columbus, no.
2006-07-26 06:33:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, do tell. I have a feeling you're going somewhere with this.
2006-07-26 06:28:42 · answer #6 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, it means ovulating bats will attack the hemmorhoidal region of your bumpy face.
2006-07-26 06:29:56 · answer #7 · answered by stephenalan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um, he was a famous explorer, no big mystery...
why, did your public school teach you that i should hate him for some reason?
2006-07-26 06:33:17 · answer #8 · answered by sigmund 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes....it means first illegal immigrant
2006-07-26 06:29:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋