pre-Co|lum|bi|an

pre-Co|lum|bi|an
pre-Co|lum|bi|an «PREE kuh LUHM bee uhn», adjective.
of or belonging to the period before the arrival of Columbus in America; representative of American culture during or before the 1400's: »

pre-Columbian Mexican sculpture. [There] is a selection of pre-Columbian figurines, mainly from terra cotta and dating from around 1000 B.C. to 900 A.D. (New Yorker).


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