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Columbus's name in different languages

Italian:
Cristoforo Colombo
Spanish (Castilian):
Cristóbal Colón
Spanish (Catalan):
Cristofor Colom
Portuguese:
Cristóvão Colombo
Latin
Christoferens Columbus
English:
Christopher Columbus
French:
Christophe Colomb
German:
Christoph Kolumbus
Dutch:
Christoffel Columbus
Greek:
Χριστόφορος Κολόμβος
Swedish:
Kristoffer Kolumbus
Icelandic:
Kristófer Kólumbus
Russian:
Христофор Колумб
Czech:
Kryštof Kolumbus
Polish:
Krzysztof Kolumb
Danish:
Christoffer Columbus
Romanian:
Cristofor Columb
Hungarian:
Kolombusz Kristóf
Finnish:
Kristofer Kolumbus
Turkish:
Kristof Kolomb
Hebrew:
כריסטופר קולומבוס
Japanese:
クリストファー・ コロンブス [kurisutofua koruanbusu]
Thai:
கொலம்பஸ்
Esperanto:
Kristoforo Kolumbo
(*) Swedish name sent to me by Per-Göran Björk, 7 January 2002; Russian name by Mikhail Kurchatov, 28 March 2002 (on this page 28 November 2002).
This interesting table I copies from Geonames, which has also translations of the names of Alexander the Great, Charlemagne and Nicolaus Copernicus
eng / afr / cym / ind / msa / sco / tgl: Christopher Columbus
ast / spa: Cristóbal Colón
deu / nds: Christoph Kolumbus / Chriſtoph Kolumbus
nor / swe: Christofer Columbus
bos: Kristofor Kolumbo / Кристофор Колумбо
cat: Cristòfor Colom
ces: Kryštof Kolumbus
dan: Christoffer Columbus
epo: Kristoforo Kolumbo
est: Christoph Kolumbus
eus: Kristobal Kolon
fin: Kristoffer Kolumbus
fra: Christophe Colomb
hrv: Kristofor Kolumbo
ita: Cristoforo Colombo
lat: Christophorus Columbus
lav: Kristofors Kolumbs
lit: Kristupas Kolumbas
mlt: Kristofru Kolombu
mol: Cristofor Columb / Кристофор Колумб
nld: Christoffel Columbus
pol: Krzysztof Kolumb
por: Cristóvão Colombo
ron: Cristofor Columb
scn: Cristòfuru Culommu
slk: Krištof Kolumbus
slv: Krištof Kolumb
tur: Kristof Kolomb
bul / rus: Христофор Колумб (Ĥristofor Kolumb)
bel: Хрыстафор Калумб / Chrystafor Kałumb
srp: Кристофер Колумбо / Kristofer Kolumbo
ukr: Христофор Колумб (Ĥrystofor Kolumb)
ara: كريستوفر كولومبوس (Krīstūfar Kūlūmbūs)
fas: کریستف کلمب (Krīstof Kolomb)
heb: כריסטופר קולומבוס (Ḫrîsṭôfar Qôlûmbûs)
ell: Χριστόφορος Κολόμβος (Ĥristóforos Kolómvos)
kat: ქრისტეფორე კოლუმბი (Ḳristeṗore Kolumbi)
ben: ক্রিস্টোফার কলম্বাস (Krisṭopʰār Kôlômbās)
tam: கிரிஸ்டோபர் கொலம்பஸ் (Kirisṭōpar Kolampas)
zho: 克里斯托弗·哥伦布 (Kèlǐsītuōfú Gēlúnbù)
jpn: クリストファー・コロンブス (Kurisutofā Koronbusu)
kor: 크리스토퍼 콜럼버스 (Keuriseutopeo Kolleombeoseu)
tha: คริสตอเฟอร์ โคลัมบัส (Kʰrittɔ̄fə̄[r] Kʰōlâmbât)

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