Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the United States.
- adjective Of or relating to Christopher Columbus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Columbia as a poetical name for the United States.
- Of or pertaining to Columbus; in ethnology, pertaining to the period of American history beginning with the discovery of the continent by Columbus: called more definitely post-Columbian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of
America , or his life or time. - adjective Of or from any of the places called Columbia.
- adjective
American , from theUnited States of America - adjective Common misspelling of
Colombian . - noun One of the Columbian Issue stamps.
- noun An inhabitant of any of the places called Columbia
- noun
American , someone from theUnited States of America - noun Common misspelling of
Colombian .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to Christopher Columbus
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Examples
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This story was London's only appearance in Columbian Magazine.
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The last of the Columbian from the french press is still good cold.
Archive 2007-03-01 William "Papa" Meloney 2007
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The last of the Columbian from the french press is still good cold.
Sunday Morning Script Analysis William "Papa" Meloney 2007
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The last of the Columbian from the french press is still good cold.
Archive 2007-03-04 William "Papa" Meloney 2007
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At uni my Spanish teacher once brought in Columbian Sesame Street (her family sent it to her for her children) which was my first exposure to another version of the show.
Smoke and Sesame lili 2006
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Note 82: For information on Bellamy, see his obituary in Columbian Sentinel, March 28, 1835, Finch,
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006
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Of course the letters form our club name, and it has the word Columbian in it, but that is all we are ever to tell.
The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs
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Guano coming from these parts is often known as Columbian guano, or according to the name of the State in which it is found.
Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman
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And you can be called a Columbian or a United Statesian, and there've been debates ever since and, of course, people from pe -- places like Canada or
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The first and most important book owned by him was called the Columbian Orator.
Frederick Douglass 1906
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