Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 28 days agoBoth District of Columbus and Colombia are named after Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) Does anyone know why they're spelled differently?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-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 · 28 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·28 days agoHe wasn’t Spanish. That was just his name translated from Italian into Spanish. Cristoforo Colombo.
minus-squareMissJinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·28 days agoI 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.