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columbiad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables
columbi-ad
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of cannon from the 19th century, mostly used for seacoast protection. It is a large-caliber, smoothbore, muzzle-loading cannon designed for launching shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at both high and low angles of elevation.

name

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.

Etymology

From Columbia (“the United States”).The term was first used for a type of cannon employed at Fort Columbus on Governor's Island in New York in 1808.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

columbiads (plural)

Phrases

Rodman gun

Frequently Paired Words

Rodman gun Columbia Columbiana

Questions

What does columbiad mean?
A form of cannon from the 19th century, mostly used for seacoast protection. It is a large-caliber, smoothbore, muzzle-loading cannon designed for launching shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at both high and low angles of elevation.
Where does columbiad come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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