Americus vespucius


amerigo
[uh-mer-i-goh;; italian ah-me-ree-gaw] /əˈmɛr ɪˌgoʊ;; italian ˌɑ mɛˈri gɔ/ (show ipa), (americus vespucius) 1451–1512, italian merchant, adventurer, and explorer after whom america was named.
historical examples

a few of them had seen the vessels of americus vespucius and cabral.
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noun
amerigo (ameˈriːɡo), latin name americus vespucius. ?1454–1512, florentine navigator in the new world (1499–1500; 1501–02), after whom the continent of america was named

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