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ヴァスコ・ダ・ガマ

also: バスコ・ダ・ガマ · バスコダガマ · ヴァスコダガマ

Meanings

1

noun

Vasco da Gama

full name of a particular person

Refers to the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1460s–1524). Used as a proper noun in historical contexts.

ヴァスコ・ダ・ガマは1498年ねんにインド航こう路ろを開かい拓たくした。
Vasco da Gama pioneered the sea route to India in 1498.

Written forms

バスコ・ダ・ガマ
Common variant with バ for 'va', reflecting older or less precise transliteration.
バスコダガマ
Spacing-omitted variant, sometimes seen in informal writing or URLs.
ヴァスコダガマ
Spacing-omitted variant of the ヴァ form.

Etymology

From Portuguese 'Vasco da Gama'. The Japanese forms are transliterations, with ヴァスコ・ダ・ガマ being the most phonetically accurate.