单词 | pre-columbian |
释义 | > as lemmaspre-Columbian pre-Columbian adj. Brit. /ˌpriːkəˈlʌmbɪən/ , U.S. /ˌprikəˈləmbiən/ existing or occurring in America before the arrival there of Columbus; of or designating the period before his arrival.ΚΠ 1854 National Mag. Sept. 263/1 A collection of treatises has been compiled to discuss the original peopling of America, the pre-Columbian discoveries, the Canaanite, Phoenician, and Scythian immigrations [etc.]. 1870 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. & Statist. Soc. 2 ii. 43 Do the manuscripts which describe these voyages belong to the pre-Columbian age? 1929 Amer. Archaeol. 31 553 We know sufficient to assign mound works north of the Ohio to pre-Columbian times. 1994 New Scientist 5 Mar. 52/2 Silverman advocates the ‘s’ spelling for the Pre-Columbian culture of Nasca, and the ‘z’ for the modern town of Nazca. < as lemmas |
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