Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or originating in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus.
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- adjective Referring to the
cultures of theAmerican continent before the European influence, specifically to the era before the continent was visited by Christopher Columbus.
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Examples
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CACIQUE Term is still used in Haiti to refer to the pre-Columbian Amerindian rulers and divisions of the country.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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Madera is a mecca for the state's estimated 120,000 indigenous Mexican-Indian farm workers, many of whom are from Oaxaca and speak a pre-Columbian language called Mixtec.
NYT > Home Page By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN 2011
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Madera is a mecca for the state's estimated 120,000 indigenous Mexican-Indian farm workers, many of whom are from Oaxaca and speak a pre-Columbian language called Mixtec.
NYT > Home Page By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN 2011
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They met in Mexico City, where she was the daughter of a prominent expatriate American banker and he was a hotshot archaeologist working on pre-Columbian Aztec digs.
What Makes Us Happy? 2009
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One place we have found our visitors to enjoy very much is Huachimontones, which is a pre-Columbian archeological site near the town of Teuchitlan, about 40 minutes west of Guadalajara (on the map you would go west toward Tequila and then left toward Ameca).
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A pair of deep, flat-bottomed holes have been chiseled out of the red clay of eastern Georgia in the U.S., like twin sports arenas from the pre-Columbian era.
Southern Co's Nuclear Gambit Jonathan Fahey 2010
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A pair of deep, flat-bottomed holes have been chiseled out of the red clay of eastern Georgia in the U.S., like twin sports arenas from the pre-Columbian era.
Southern Co's Nuclear Gambit Jonathan Fahey 2010
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Once it was hers, she began buying books about pre-Columbian gold.
A Collector's Journey of a Lifetime Paula Weideger 2011
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The Phillips is not only smaller, but it also has a very narrow focus; namely, a devotion to modern art rarely seen in larger museums where one might see Egyptian, European and pre-Columbian art, all under one roof.
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The Phillips is not only smaller, but it also has a very narrow focus; namely, a devotion to modern art rarely seen in larger museums where one might see Egyptian, European and pre-Columbian art, all under one roof.
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