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
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Columbian
1750–60; Columbi(a) + -an or Columb(us) + -ian
Example Sentences
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For the next 49,000 years, the sticky pits captured virtually everything that fell or walked onto them, from grains of pollen borne by the wind to hapless ancient camels and Columbian mammoths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
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
Just about this time, I got hold of a book entitled “The Columbian Orator.”
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
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