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Columbian

[ kuh-luhm-bee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. Literary. pertaining to America or the United States.
  2. pertaining to Christopher Columbus.


noun

  1. Printing. a 16-point type of a size between English and great primer.

Columbian

/ kəˈlʌmbɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the United States
  2. relating to Christopher Columbus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a size of printer's type, approximately equal to 16 point; two-line Brevier
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • post-Co·lumbi·an adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Columbian1

1750–60; Columbi(a) + -an or Columb(us) + -ian
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Example Sentences

Monday, April 22, from approximately the Swift Avenue exit to the Columbian Way junction.

“DOH needed to replace the existing Electronic Death Registration System as it did not meet current system and security standards for housing confidential data,” Hutchinson wrote in an email to The Columbian.

The work zone goes from the Albro Place exit to the Columbian Way interchange, from 10 p.m.

The produce stand, which originally opened in Pike Place Market, moved to the corner lot at 15th Avenue South and South Columbian Way in 1984.

In the early 1890s, the archaeologist Warren K. Moorehead excavated the site and displayed his findings at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

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