Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 days agoBoth District of Columbus and Colombia are named after Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) Does anyone know why they're spelled differently?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareBoth District of Columbus and Colombia are named after Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) Does anyone know why they're spelled differently?Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareMissJinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-217 days agoFirst of all his name wasn’t even Christopher lol. The original Spanish name of Christopher Columbus is Cristóbal Colón, that’s why it’s the name they honored him
minus-squareORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoHe wasn’t Spanish. That was just his name translated from Italian into Spanish. Cristoforo Colombo.
minus-squareMissJinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 days agoI know but the question he asked matches the spanish name. Maybe some spanish influence in the naming.
First of all his name wasn’t even Christopher lol.
The original Spanish name of Christopher Columbus is Cristóbal Colón, that’s why it’s the name they honored him
He wasn’t Spanish. That was just his name translated from Italian into Spanish. Cristoforo Colombo.
I know but the question he asked matches the spanish name. Maybe some spanish influence in the naming.