da Gama

[ duh-gam-uh; Portuguese duh-gah-muh ]

/ də ˈgæm ə; Portuguese də ˈgɑ mə /

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noun

Vas·co

[vas-koh; Portuguese vahsh-koo]. /ˈvæs koʊ; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ/. Gama, Vasco da.

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Words nearby da Gama

daffy, daft, Dafydd ap Gruffudd, Dafydd ap Gwilym, dag, da Gama, Dagan, Dagda, Dagenham, Dagestan, Dagestan Republic

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How to use da Gama in a sentence

No conversation of any length can be carried on without a reference to Camoens and to Vasco da Gama.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
Coello need not have feared: Da Gama knew his brave colleague too well to imagine that he was really thinking of retreat.
Chatterbox, 1906|Various
At Da Gama's order all were marshalled on deck, and stood, sullen and powerless, before the captain.
Chatterbox, 1906|Various
So it was, and Vasco da Gama had established for himself a name imperishable on the page of history.
Notable Voyagers|W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith

Vasco da Gama also sent the chair in which the King had sat as a present, greatly to his delight.
Notable Voyagers|W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith

British Dictionary definitions for da Gama

Da Gama

/ (də ˈɡɑːmə) /

noun

See Gama

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