columbian

«columbian» in Mova's school dictionary: To do with Christopher Columbus (as in pre-Columbian… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) To do with Christopher Columbus (as in pre-Columbian, before Columbus reached the Americas). tree →

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 →

3) Often a misspelling of Colombian, which means from Colombia, the country in South America. tree →

sense 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 →
• The Columbian Exposition was a world fair in Chicago. tree →
• People from British Columbia are sometimes called British Columbians. tree →
• Colombian coffee is from Colombia, spelled with an o. tree →
• Pre-Columbian peoples grew maize and potatoes. tree →
• The Columbian salmon swim up the Columbia River. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• After Columbus crossed the Atlantic, plants and animals sailed both ways, and this swap is called the Columbian exchange.
• Historians call this the Columbian Exchange.
• After 1492 plants and animals crossed the Atlantic in both directions, which historians call the Columbian Exchange.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «columbian» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.