(n) 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), Syn. King Ferdinand, Ferdinand the Catholic, Ferdinand of Aragon, Ferdinand V
(n) archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914), Syn. Franz Ferdinand
(n) Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913), Syn. Ferdinand de Saussure, Saussure
(n) Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521), Syn. Fernao Magalhaes, Ferdinand Magellan
[里希特霍芬, Lǐ xī tè huò fēnㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄊㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄣ] Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路, See Also: 絲綢之路, 丝绸之路#225855
[李希霍芬, Lǐ xī huò fēnㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄣ] Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路, See Also: 絲綢之路, 丝绸之路#321858