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pre-columbian is an adjective meaning "of or relating to or originating in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus". It carries one recorded sense.
of or relating to or originating in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pre-columbian come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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