Home › Words › C › columbiancolumbiancolumbian · adj — of or pertaining to Christopher Columbus, an explorer who introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas, or his life or time.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Columbia + -n.adjOf or pertaining to Christopher Columbus, an explorer who introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas, or his life or time.e.g.“Columbian contact [the events, from 1492 to 1504, that ended the precolumbian era]”Of or from any of the places called Columbia.; American, from the United States of America.nounAn inhabitant of any place called Columbia.; An American, a person from the United States of America.A stamp from the Columbian Issue stamps.A size of type between English and great primer, standardized as 16-point.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.columbus 61% match — A person who makes a great discovery. vs columbian →colombian 59% match — A native or inhabitant of Colombia. vs columbian →columbanian 57% match — Of or relating to Columbanus (543–615), Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms. vs columbian →columellar 55% match — Of or pertaining to a columella. vs columbian →colonialist 53% match — Of or pertaining to colonialism. vs columbian →columban 53% match — Synonym of Columbanian. vs columbian →colossian 52% match — Of, from, or pertaining to, Colossae vs columbian →columbinic 52% match — Of or pertaining to columbinic acid or its derivatives. vs columbian →