Columbus vs Des Moines

Columbus

name
  • A village in Luna County, New Mexico, United States. 

  • A tiny home rule city in Hickman County, Kentucky, United States. 

  • An unincorporated community in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. 

  • A small city, the county seat of Colorado County, Texas, United States. 

  • A small city in Columbia County and Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States. 

  • Christopher Columbus (1451?–1506), Italian explorer of the Americas. 

  • The capital city of Ohio, United States and the county seat of Franklin County. 

  • A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. 

  • A city, the county seat of Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States. 

  • A city, the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. 

  • A male given name from Latin. 

  • A surname. 

  • A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. 

  • A small city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. 

  • A tiny city in Burke County, North Dakota, United States. 

  • A town, the county seat of Polk County, North Carolina, United States. 

  • A town in Chenango County, New York, United States. 

  • An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri, United States. 

  • A city, the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. 

  • A city, the county seat of Platte County, Nebraska, United States. 

  • A village in Adams County, Illinois, United States. 

  • A town, the county seat of Stillwater County, Montana, United States. 

noun
  • A person who makes a great discovery. 

verb
  • To appropriate; to lay claim to something, especially a discovery, which is perceived as belonging to someone else. 

Des Moines

name
  • A village in New Mexico. 

  • A city in Washington. 

  • The capital city of Iowa, United States and the county seat of Polk County. 

  • A river in the United States, that flows from southern Minnesota into the Mississippi. 

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