Ferdinand Synonyms

fʉrd'nand
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 (1452-1516)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. King Ferdinand
  2. Ferdinand of Aragon
  3. ferdinand v
  4. Ferdinand the Catholic

Words Related to Ferdinand

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  1. Beckenbauer
  2. Ferdinand's
  3. raul
  4. franz
  5. roberto
  6. keane

Ferdinand Sentence Examples

  • In 1650 he succeeded Ferdinand of Bavaria, archbishop of Cologne, as bishop of Munster.

  • An important event of his pontificate was the capture of Granada (2nd of January 1492), which was celebrated at Rome with great rejoicing and for which Innocent gave to Ferdinand of Aragon the title of "Catholic Majesty."

  • Here also stands the mansion erected and occupied by Ferdinand de Lesseps during his residence on the isthmus.

  • Four years later (1520) the Portuguese seaman, Ferdinand Magellan, entered the estuary in his celebrated voyage round the world, undertaken in the service of the king of Spain (Charles I., better known as the emperor Charles V.).

  • Liniers was viceroy on the arrival of the news of the crowning of Joseph Bonaparte as king of Spain, but as a Frenchman he was distrusted and was deposed by the adherents of Ferdinand VII.

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