Columbian
Americanadjective
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Literary. pertaining to America or the United States.
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pertaining to Christopher Columbus.
noun
adjective
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of or relating to the United States
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relating to Christopher Columbus
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Etymology
Origin of Columbian
1750–60; Columbi(a) + -an or Columb(us) + -ian
Example Sentences
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Roth made his way to Bloomington, Ill., apprenticing himself to an architect, later returning to Chicago, where he found work on the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
The BC Lumber Trade Council, which represents British Columbian lumber producers in Canada on trade matters, in September called the new tariffs "misguided and unnecessary."
From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025
Oscar, a Columbian who would only give us his first name, was wandering the halls of the market with bags filled with fluffy bunnies and bears.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2025
Larson centers the activities of two men in the years leading up to and during Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
When Henige wrote Numbers from Nowhere, the fight about pre- Columbian population had already consumed forests’ worth of trees—his bibliography is ninety pages long.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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