pre-Columbian

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See also: Precolumbian

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Etymology

From pre- +‎ Columbian.

Adjective

pre-Columbian (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Before the voyages of Christopher Columbus of the 1490s which introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas.
    since pre-Columbian times
    unknown in Europe in pre-Columbian times
  2. Referring to the cultures of the Americas before the European influence, specifically to the era before the continent was visited by Christopher Columbus.
    Coordinate terms: precontact, precolonial, pre-Hispanic, pre-European
    pre-Columbian cultures
    pre-Columbian civilizations
    • 1961, Margaret A. Towle, The Ethnobotany of Pre-Columbian Peru, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 2:
      In fact, the dating of pre-Columbian Andean cultures was largely a matter of guesswork.
    • 2010, Marylou Kjelle, In Pre-Columbian America, Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 41:
      Boys trained to be warriors, but why did pre-Columbian peoples battle one another?

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