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adj
Before the voyages of Christopher Columbus of the 1490s which introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: post-Columbian, postcolumbian
adj
Referring to the cultures of the Americas before the European influence, specifically to the era before the continent was visited by Christopher Columbus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or relating to or originating in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English Columbian English pre-Columbian From pre- + Columbian.
Across languages
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