Columbiad

See also: columbiad

English

Etymology

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

Columbiad

1. 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.

Related terms

• Columbia
• Columbiana