Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 24 天前Both 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 · 24 天前message-square17fedilink
minus-squareMissJinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-224 天前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
minus-squareORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·24 天前He wasn’t Spanish. That was just his name translated from Italian into Spanish. Cristoforo Colombo.
minus-squareMissJinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·24 天前I know but the question he asked matches the spanish name. Maybe some spanish influence in the naming.
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
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.