Giovanni da verrazano


[ver-uh-zah-noh; Italian ver-rah-tsah-naw] /ˌvɛr əˈzɑ noʊ; Italian ˌvɛr rɑˈtsɑ nɔ/

noun
1.
Giovanni da
[jaw-vahn-nee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), c1480–1527? Italian navigator and explorer.
/Italian verraˈtsaːno/
noun
1.
Giovanni da (dʒoˈvanni da). ?1485–?1528, Florentine navigator; the first European to sight what was to become New York (1524)

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