cabot | ||
1. | [ noun ] (geography) son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557) | |
Synonyms: | sebastian_cabot | |
Related terms: | explorer cartographer | |
2. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 17848 | |
3. | [ noun ] (nautical,geography) Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498) | |
Synonyms: | john_cabot giovanni_cabato | |
Related terms: | navigator | |
Similar spelling: |
capote caput capet Chabot cavity Cavitt Caputo Capito Cabatu cavetto caveat |