vasco da gamma

1. 1.

   Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)

   Synonymsda GammaGamma

   Broadernavigator

Questions about vasco da gamma

What does vasco da gamma mean?

vasco da gamma means "Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)".

What is another word for vasco da gamma?

Close synonyms include da Gamma, Gamma. 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 vasco da gamma a common word?

vasco da gamma 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.