ponce de leon

1. 1.

   Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493; in 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth (1460-1521)

   SynonymsJuan Ponce de Leon

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What does ponce de leon mean?

ponce de leon means "Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493; in 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth (1460-1521)".

What is another word for ponce de leon?

Close synonyms include Juan Ponce de Leon. 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 ponce de leon a common word?

ponce de leon 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.