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kəˈlʌm bi əncolumbian

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Columbianadjective

    of or relating to Christopher Columbus

Wiktionary

  1. Columbiannoun

    One of the stamps.

  2. Columbiannoun

    An inhabitant of any of the places called

  3. Columbiannoun

    American, someone from the United States of America

  4. Columbianadjective

    Of or pertaining to , the discoverer of America, or his life or time.

  5. Columbianadjective

    Of or from any of the places called .

  6. Columbianadjective

    American, from the United States of America

ChatGPT

  1. columbian

    "Columbian" generally refers to anything related to the country of Colombia in South America. It pertains to the culture, people, geography, and other aspects of this nation. The term can also refer to something that is related to Christopher Columbus, the Explorer who is often credited with discovering America. For example, the "Columbian Exchange" refers to the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World during the 15th and 16th centuries, a period often associated with Columbus's voyages. The term "columbian" can, therefore, have different meanings based on the context in which it is used.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Columbianadjective

    of or pertaining to the United States, or to America

  2. Etymology: [From Columbia.]

Wikidata

  1. Columbian

    The Columbian was a named passenger train operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad between Chicago, Illinois, and Seattle/Tacoma, Washington. The westbound train was Milwaukee Road train #17, and the eastbound train was train #18.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Columbian

    kō-lum′bi-an, adj. pertaining to Columbia, a name of America.—ns. Colum′bate, a salt or compound of columbic acid with a base; Colum′bite, the native ore of columbium; Colum′bium, a metallic element now called niobium. [Columbia, America, from Columbus (1447-1506), its discoverer.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of columbian in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of columbian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of columbian in a Sentence

  1. Rachel Lindsay:

    I want it to have all of both of our families and I want both of our cultures celebrated, i'm mixed race and he's Columbian, and I want all of our cultures to be celebrated.

  2. Clark Bunting:

    Bipartisan, congressional approval for protecting and preserving Harriet Tubman's heroic life and work, Columbian mammoths and Ice Age fossils at Tule Springs, and the complexity of the Manhattan Project continue to make our National Park System our country's best idea.

  3. Charles Bukowski:

    Bobby handed me a Columbian and I took a hit.

  4. Clark Bunting:

    Our national parks are a reflection of our nation, both past and present, and these seven new national park sites will further tell America's stories, bipartisan, congressional approval for protecting and preserving Harriet Tubman's heroic life and work, Columbian mammoths and Ice Age fossils at Tule Springs, and the complexity of the Manhattan Project continue to make our National Park System our country's best idea.

  5. Emilio Pombo:

    We have a soccer player called [Radamel] Falcao, we have our Nobel Prize [winner] Gabriel Garcia Marquez, people are talking about them internationally, [but] they say 'The Columbian writer, the Columbian soccer player'.

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