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precolonial

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precolonial

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or pertaining to a historical period before colonization.

noun precolonials

  1. An inhabitant of an area before colonists first arrived. After 1970 one no longer expected to find Tio whose parents had experienced the precolonial period, except for a few very old persons. Most people now were grandchildren of the precolonials.

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Portuguêspré-colonial
Françaisprécolonial
DeutschUreinwohner, Indigene, Indigener
Italianoprecoloniale
Românăprecolonial

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@misc{precolonial_2026,
  title = {precolonial},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/precolonial},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}