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columbium

columbium noun: former name of niobium.

Noun

columbium (usually uncountable, plural columbiums)

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

columbium meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

columbium in Tamil

கொலம்பியம்

columbium in Tagalog

former name of niobium
kolumbyo

Forms of columbium

pluralcolumbiums
alternative form (rare)colombium

Origin of columbium

From Columbus + -ium, named after Christopher Columbus by the element’s discoverer, Charles Hatchett.

Words formed from columbium

Questions about columbium

What does columbium mean?
Columbium means former name of niobium.
What is columbium in Tamil?
Columbium in Tamil is கொலம்பியம். See Columbium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is columbium?
Columbium is a noun.
What is the plural of columbium?
The plural of columbium is columbiums.

Words near columbium in the dictionary

  1. columbinic
  2. columbinic acid
  3. columbite
  4. columbite-tantalite
  5. columbites
  6. columbium
  7. columbiums
  8. columbo
  9. columboid
  10. Columbos
  11. Columbu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: columbium (page history and authors); columbium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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