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Comment by juanger

Not in this case, pre-Columbian means "before Columbus".

Colombia was named after Columbus (Colón in spanish) but in this case it is talking about the time before the discovery of America by the Europeans and in particular Columbus in 1492.

parent juanger 8 years ago

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