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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]
- This tradition of a colorblind slavery was carried on for a while at the beginning of the Columbian era when white slaves were introduced into the Americas.
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Of or from any of the places called Columbia.; American, from the United States of America.datednot-comparablepoetic
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Of or from any of the places called Columbia.; Misspelling of Colombian.alt-ofmisspellingnot-comparable
columbian
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An inhabitant of any place called Columbia.; An American, a person from the United States of America.countabledatedpoetic
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An inhabitant of any place called Columbia.; Misspelling of Colombian.alt-ofcountablemisspelling
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A stamp from the Columbian Issue stamps.countableuncountable
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A size of type between English and great primer, standardized as 16-point.USdateduncountable