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Columbian.

Of or pertaining to Christopher Columbus, an explorer who introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas, or his life or time.

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Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to Christopher Columbus, an explorer who introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas, or his life or time.

    not-comparable
    Columbian contact [the events, from 1492 to 1504, that ended the precolumbian era]
  2. Of or from any of the places called Columbia. American, from the United States of America.

    dated · not-comparable · poetic
  3. Of or from any of the places called Columbia. Misspelling of Colombian.

    alt-of · misspelling · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Columbia + -n.

noun
  1. An inhabitant of any place called Columbia. An American, a person from the United States of America.

    countable · dated · poetic · uncountable
  2. An inhabitant of any place called Columbia. Misspelling of Colombian.

    alt-of · countable · misspelling · uncountable
  3. A stamp from the Columbian Issue stamps.

    countable · uncountable
  4. A size of type between English and great primer, standardized as 16-point.

    US · dated · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Columbia + -n.

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