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pre-Columbian definition

pre·-Columbian (prē′kə lum′bē ən)

adjective

of any period in the history of the Western Hemisphere before Columbus arrived in America

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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