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GIOVANNI CABATO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)
Synonyms:
Cabot; Giovanni Cabato; John Cabot
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Instance hypernyms:
navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)