americus vespucius

1. 1.

   Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512)

   SynonymsVespucciAmerigo Vespucci

   Broadernavigator

Questions about americus vespucius

What does americus vespucius mean?

americus vespucius means "Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512)".

What is another word for americus vespucius?

Close synonyms include Vespucci, Amerigo Vespucci. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is americus vespucius a common word?

americus vespucius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.