Vespucci

Ves·puc·ci

V0075800 (vĕs-po͞o′chē, -pyo͞o′-), Amerigo Latin name Americus Vespucius. 1454-1512. Italian navigator and explorer of the South American coast. America was named in his honor.

Vespucci

(vɛˈspuːtʃɪ) n (Biography) Amerigo (ameˈriːɡo), Latin name Americus Vespucius. ?1454–1512, Florentine navigator in the New World (1499–1500; 1501–02), after whom the continent of America was named

Ves•puc•ci

(vɛˈspu tʃi, -ˈspyu-)

n. Amerigo, (Americus Vespucius), 1451–1512, Italian explorer after whom America was named.

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Vespucci - Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512)Americus Vespucius, Amerigo Vespucci