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Columbian
[ kuh-luhm-bee-uhn ]
noun
- Printing. a 16-point type of a size between English and great primer.
Columbian
/ kəˈlʌmbɪən /
adjective
- of or relating to the United States
- relating to Christopher Columbus
noun
- a size of printer's type, approximately equal to 16 point; two-line Brevier
Other Words From
- post-Co·lumbi·an adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Columbian1
Example Sentences
Back on shore, the team confirmed that it belonged to an extinct Columbian mammoth, Mammuthus columbi.
The Columbian mammoth had a hybrid origin—not just one ancestor lineage, but two.
It sometimes seemed closely related to the Columbian mammoth, sometimes to the woolly mammoth.
This was thought to be the ancestor of later species such as the woolly and Columbian mammoths.
Yet even the sky-high razor and lighthouse shrink next to the schemes proposed for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
One of the largest sites of pre-Columbian Mayan ruins, Tikal was once one of the most important cities in the Mayan world.
Or they'll build a pipeline through pristine British Columbian rain forest rather than open Nebraska farmland.
Her work for the police department and her relationship with McGarrity were first reported by The Columbian.
Another kind of cigars is made of Peruvian or Columbian tobacco.
In this connection let us add that this lock secured the medal and highest award at the Columbian Exposition.
In such an atmosphere rises quickly a new city from the ashes of the old, or a fairy creation like the Columbian Exposition.
The Columbian sharp-tailed grouse is the "prairie chicken" of eastern Washington.
The Columbian Sturgeon of the Pacific coast states is a large species.
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