Cabot

[ US /ˈkæbət/ ]
NOUN
  1. son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)
  2. 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)
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How To Use Cabot In A Sentence

  • Had he never lived, we would now celebrate Cabot Day or Hudson Day or some other eponym. History
  • Explore the rugged coastline of the CabotTrail for inspiring and diverse land and seascapes - watch for pods of whales swimming and bald eagles soaring.
  • When I was a boy, my father, whose memory was stored with innumerable scraps of the old viking sagas, or stories, used to tell me about the discovery of Vinland by the Norsemen, which is just the land that seems to have been re-discovered by Columbus and Cabot. The Crew of the Water Wagtail
  • Not to be outdone by Spain, England sent John Cabot , an Italian explorer who had become an English citizen, across the Atlantic in 1497 and again in 1498 to explore the coast of North America.
  • In my view, he has two options: go with cabotage, which is what the seafarers want; or go with a favourable tax regime like a tonnage tax, which the British have.
  • In 2009 and part of 2010, energy company Cabot Oil & Gas trucked more than 44,000 barrels of well wastewater to a treatment facility in Hatfield Township, a Philadelphia suburb. State Allows Disposal Of 'Fracking' Pollution In Waterways
  • I like me my yogurt (Cabot Greek-style and store-brand plain low-fat) and am not about to give it up. Have yourself a green Thanksgiving « Dating Jesus
  • Maybe then he'll have the time to study up on history, and learn the lesson of Francis Cabot Lowell.
  • However, the big sticking point is what's known as cabotage - foreign carriers flying flights between two U.S. cities.
  • NEW YORK — Author James Purdy, a shocking realist and surprising romantic who in underground classics such as “Cabot Wright Begins” and “Eustace Chisholm and the Works” inspired censorious outrage and lasting admiration, has died. March « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
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