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adj
Of or pertaining to Christopher Columbus, an explorer who introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas, or his life or time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of or from any of the places called Columbia.
American, from the United States of America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable, poetic
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adj
Of or from any of the places called Columbia.
Misspelling of Colombian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling, not-comparable
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noun
An inhabitant of any place called Columbia.
An American, a person from the United States of America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, poetic, uncountable
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noun
An inhabitant of any place called Columbia.
Misspelling of Colombian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, misspelling, uncountable
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noun
A stamp from the Columbian Issue stamps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A size of type between English and great primer, standardized as 16-point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated, uncountable
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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Synonyms: two-line brevier
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adjective
of or relating to Christopher Columbus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
From Columbia + -n.
Across languages
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