Example sentences for: amerigo

How can you use “amerigo” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Which brings me back to Martin Waldseemuller and Amerigo Vespucci and why we should give thanks that the German fell under the spell of the Italian's first name rather than his last.

  • Amerigo Vespucci, meanwhile, also looking for new routes to Asia, ran ashore in Brazil in 1499 and realized that something was not right.

  • Still, we should be grateful that Waldseemuller opted for Vespucci's first name, for disguising the dull Henry in the voluptuous Amerigo is nothing compared to what Italians have done over the centuries when giving each other surnames.

  • Amerigo is from Old German Amalricus (Latinized form), from amal work + ricja rule; it was introduced into England at the time of the Norman Conquest.

  • It was the first name of the man (Amerigo Vespucci).


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