Columbiad
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See also: columbiad
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Columbia (“the United States”) + -iad (“epic tale”). From Iliad (“the Homeric tale of the Trojan War”), from Ancient Greek Ἰλιάς (Iliás), from -άς (-ás). From Columbia (“the feminine form of America”), from Columbus (“Christopher Columbus”), from Latin Columbus (“surname”), from Italian Colombo, from colombo (“pigeon”).
Proper noun[edit]
Columbiad
- An epic story about the settling of North America by European colonizers in the region that is now the United States of America; and its mythologized growth and development.