1. gama - Noun
2. Gama - Proper noun
gama
Synonym of gama grass
Gama (plural Gamas)
A surname.
A 1989 production of the opera by the San Francisco Opera featured noted tenor Plácido Domingo in the role of da Gama. Source: Internet
According to Losada, the name came from Portuguese explorers, the sailors of Vasco da Gama in India, who first brought them to Europe. Source: Internet
A depiction of da Gama's fleet (from the Livro das Armadas) The violent treatment meted out by da Gama quickly brought trade along the Malabar Coast of India, upon which Calicut depended, to a standstill. Source: Internet
After his death, exploration continued; Bartolomeu Dias (d. 1500) went around the Cape of Good Hope in 1486 and Vasco da Gama (d. 1524) sailed around Africa to India in 1498. Source: Internet
Another royal letter, dated October 1501, gave da Gama the personal right to intervene and exercise a determining role on any future India-bound fleet. Source: Internet
As per royal instructions, da Gama was succeeded as governor of India by one the captains who had come with him, Henrique de Menezes (no relation to Duarte). Source: Internet