COLUMBIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Columbian mean? 

• COLUMBIAN (adjective)
  The adjective COLUMBIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Christopher Columbus

  Familiarity information: COLUMBIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLUMBIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Christopher Columbus

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Columbus (Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506))

Derivation:

Columbus (Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506))

 Context examples 

Dr. Guillermo Benítez, also of the UGR, comments: Our findings—based on our review of Pre-Columbian codices, medieval texts, and books on ethnobotany—show that, despite many of the traditional uses of these plants being similar in both countries, nowadays there are striking differences.

(Scientists examine the ethnobotanical uses of stramonium, University of Granada)