(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
[里希特霍芬, Lǐ xī tè huò fēn, ㄌㄧˇ 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#225855[Add to Longdo]
[李希霍芬, Lǐ xī huò fēn, ㄌㄧˇ 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#321858[Add to Longdo]
[福煦, Fú xù, ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄩˋ]Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), leading French general and commander-in-chief of allied forces in the latter stages of World War One[Add to Longdo]