# Columbian

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #29,218

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to Christopher Columbus, an explorer who introduced greatly widened contacts between Eurasia and the Americas, or his life or time.
2. Of or from any of the places called Columbia.
3. American, from the United States of America
4. Misspelling of Colombian.

## Etymology
From Columbia + -n.

## Easily confused with
- **columbine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/columbian-vs-columbine)
- **Columbia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/columbia-vs-columbian)
- **Colombia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colombia-vs-columbian)
- **Colombian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colombian-vs-columbian)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ccolumbian`, `cloumbian`, `collumbian`, `colmubian`, `colubmian`, `columbain`, `columbbian`, `columbiann`, `columbina`, `columiban`, `colummbian`, `coulmbian`, `oclumbian`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/columbian