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pre-Columbian

adj

Etymology

From pre- + Columbian.

  1. borrowed from columbus
  2. suffixed as columbia — “Columbus + -ia”
  3. suffixed as columbian — “Columbia + n”
  4. prefixed as pre-columbian — “pre + Columbian”

Definitions

  1. Before the voyages of Christopher Columbus of the 1490s which introduced greatly widened…

    Before the voyages of Christopher Columbus of the 1490s which introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas.

    • since pre-Columbian times
    • unknown in Europe in pre-Columbian times

  2. Referring to the cultures of the Americas before the European influence, specifically to…

    Referring to the cultures of the Americas before the European influence, specifically to the era before the continent was visited by Christopher Columbus.

    • pre-Columbian cultures
    • pre-Columbian civilizations
    • In fact, the dating of pre-Columbian Andean cultures was largely a matter of guesswork.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA