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colombium

colombium is the alternative form of columbium.

Meaning of columbium

Noun

columbium (usually uncountable, plural columbiums)

  1. (obsolete, usually) Former name of niobium.

Origin of colombium

From Italian Colombo + -ium.

Questions about colombium

What is colombium the alternative form of?
Colombium is the alternative form of columbium.

Words near colombium in the dictionary

  1. Colombier
  2. Colombier paper
  3. colombin
  4. Colombini
  5. Colombinis
  6. colombium
  7. colombo
  8. Colombo-
  9. colombophile
  10. colombophiles
  11. colombophilia

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