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# columbian

adjective (Columbian); noun (a Columbian — rare)

«columbian» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To do with Christopher Columbus (as in pre-Columbian, before Columbus reached the Americas). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/columbian/#m1)
2. To do with places called Columbia, such as British Columbia in Canada, the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) or the Columbia River. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/columbian/#m2)
3. Often a misspelling of Colombian, which means from Colombia, the country in South America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/columbian/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, pre-Columbian means the Americas before European contact (the Maya, Aztecs, Inca). In spelling lessons, children learn the trap: the country is Colombia, and its people and coffee are Colombian. Phrases: pre-Columbian art, British Columbian.

### Examples

- The museum shows pre-Columbian gold from Peru. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/columbian/#x1)
- The Columbian Exposition was a world fair in Chicago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/columbian/#x2)
- People from British Columbia are sometimes called British Columbians. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/columbian/#x3)
- Colombian coffee is from Colombia, spelled with an o. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/columbian/#x4)
- Pre-Columbian peoples grew maize and potatoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/columbian/#x5)
- The Columbian salmon swim up the Columbia River. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/columbian/#x6)

### Note

Big spelling trap: Colombia (country) has o-o; Columbia (US places, British Columbia, universities) has o-u. Columbian is not the right word for the people of Colombia.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «columbian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/columbian/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«columbian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/columbian.html) on Mova free.