2006-10-09 05:01:17 · 10 answers · asked by nick 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
English: Chrispopher Columbus
Italian: Cristoforo Colombo
Spanish: Cristóbal Colón
The Italian sounds Italian to me :)
2006-10-09 05:08:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christopher Columbus is Latinized, not Anglicized.
2006-10-09 12:10:58 · answer #2 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Born Christopher Columbus on September 10, 1958 in Spangler, Pennsylvania. Raised in Ohio. He was Writer, director & producer.
2006-10-09 13:48:33 · answer #3 · answered by Rosy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
YES.
The Christopher Columbus that is credited with discovering America is buried in Columbus Square in Genoa so I would say that since he has been there so long that he is from there now.
2006-10-09 12:06:27 · answer #4 · answered by Allinwiththenuts 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first answerer is correct. "Christopher Columbus" is an anglicized version of his original name.
2006-10-09 12:05:44 · answer #5 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he was from genova, italy.
his name was cristoforo colombo (there are still some italians with this name), but in many official scripts of the time people used to write a latinized form of their name, since some documents were in latin.
columbus was the latinized form of his last name and it was adopted by english speakers.
since he worked for the spanish kings, he also used a spanish name, cristobal colon (there are still some spanish or latin americans with this name).
some spanish say he was spanish or catalan. some croatians say he was croatian (!!) but there are no proofs of this, he appears to be italian in all historical documents.
2006-10-09 12:53:18 · answer #6 · answered by maroc 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. he was from Italy, but he explored for the spanish. his name is Spanish, too.
2006-10-09 12:22:52 · answer #7 · answered by ~mary~ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No he is from Spain,like all my relatives.But we did not like our last name as was thought that he had stolen from the natives.And in such a way that it shocks people here that you could be related to such a creature that we decided to change our last name.Now we go by the name:Bush.Big improvement hey?
I think I am going to court to have my old name back.
Greetings:Robbie Holland
2006-10-09 12:13:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
They still cant prove where he's from, however his real name is Spanish, not Italian.
2006-10-09 12:09:23 · answer #9 · answered by love 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think it was Cristobal Colon, or sumptin' like that.
2006-10-09 12:03:33 · answer #10 · answered by wrathofkublakhan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋