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precolonial

[ pree-kuh-loh-nee-uh l ]

/ ˌpri kəˈloʊ ni əl /

adjective

of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.

Origin of precolonial

First recorded in 1960–65; pre- + colonial

Words nearby precolonial

precocious, precocious puberty, precocity, precognition, precollagenous fiber, precolonial, precompose, preconceive, preconception, preconceptual stage, preconcert

Example sentences from the Web for pre-colonial

Until this century Tamaulipas was not densely populated by man either in the pre-colonial period or thereafter.

The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico |Ticul Alvarez