Columbian

Columbian
/keuh lum"bee euhn/, adj.
1. Literary. pertaining to America or the United States.
2. pertaining to Christopher Columbus.
n.
3. Print. a 16-point type of a size between English and great primer.
[1750-60; COLUMBI(A) + -AN or COLUMB(US) + -IAN]

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