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The name Christopher Columbus is the Anglicisation of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. His name in Italian is Cristoforo Colombo and in Spanish it is Cristóbal Colón.
Christopher Columbus!!! You will see many variations on his name, Italian, Spanish, and Latin. In Spanish, he's referred to as Cristobal Colón.
Columbus signed his name Xpo-Ferens. The first part being Greek and the second, Latin.
Latin: Christophorus Columbus Italian: Cristoforo Colombo Spanish: Cristóbal Colón
"Academic consensus is that Columbus was born in Genoa, though there are other theories. The name Christopher Columbus is the Anglicisation of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. The original name in 15th century Genoese language was Christoffa Corombo. The name is rendered in modern Italian as Cristoforo Colombo, in Portuguese as Cristóvão Colombo (formerly Christovam Colom) and in Spanish as Cristóbal Colón." --Wikipedia
Latin America refers to the region in the Americas where people speaks Latin-derived languages; namely Spanish, French and Portuguese. Latin is the name of the ancient language spoken by the Roman Empire. America is the name of the region in the Western Hemisphere discovered since 1492 by Christopher Columbus. The name 'America' is the feminized Latin version of Amerigo Vespucci's first name. Vespucci was a major cartographer and explorer of the Americas.
Simply because Latin was the language spoken in Genoa when he was born !
Christoforo Colombo
Chris Columbus's birth name is Columbus, Christopher.
Eleanor Columbus's birth name is Eleanor Patricia Columbus.
Columbus Short's birth name is Columbus Keith Short Jr..
Christopher Columbus made Spain rich and Spain is kinda apart of Latin America.