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Ferdinand


Definition: Meaning of, Ferdinand in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈfəːdɪnənd /

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  1. 1452-1516 the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492
    SYNONYM
    King Ferdinand, Ferdinand of Aragon, Ferdinand V, Ferdinand the Catholic
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Ferdinand used in phrases

  • August Ferdinand Möbius (noun)
    1. 1790-1868 german mathematician responsible for the Möbius strip
  • Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (noun)
    1. 1821-1894 german physiologist and physicist
  • Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (noun)
    1. 1838-1917 german inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible
  • Ferdinand I (noun)
    1. 1503-1564 holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia
    2. 1016-1065 king of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo
  • Ferdinand II (noun)
    1. 1578-1637 holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia and Hungary who waged war against Protestant forces
  • Ferdinand III (noun)
    1. 1608-1657 holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia who signed the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War
  • Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton (noun)
    1. 1885-1941 united States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz
  • Ferdinand Julius Cohn (noun)
    1. german botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants
  • Ferdinand Magellan (noun)
    1. 1480-1521 portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world
  • Ferdinand V (noun)
    1. 1452-1516 the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492
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