Definition of precolonial in English:
 precolonial
adjectivepriːkəˈləʊnɪəlˌprēkəˈlōniəl
Occurring or existing before the beginning of colonial rule.
 the two main kingdoms that flourished in precolonial times
 Example sentencesExamples
-  Indian activity was heavy through the Mohawk Valley in pre-colonial times.
 -  Competition between clans for political power was a major source of conflict in pre-colonial Rwanda.
 -  Such trade pieces became highly stylized, showing little of the naturalism of precolonial works.
 -  Employing a range of illustrative cases, the contributors demonstrate the ways in which precolonial norms were fundamentally transformed.
 -  Many rebels were hoping to restore a pre-colonial social order.
 -  The pre-colonial section is actually half the lectures in the course.
 -  The system of social stratification has its roots in the precolonial kingdoms.
 -  The position of women in pre-colonial Nigeria obviously differed in the vast number of ethnic groups in Nigeria.
 -  They say the land belonged to them in pre-colonial times.
 -  In pre-colonial Nigeria, women had a much larger position in politics.
 -  At their core, the four examples represent efforts to replicate or set aside parcels of a pre-colonial lower Mississippi River delta environment.
 -  In India, Bombay reverted to its precolonial name, Mumbai.
 -  Effectively few women owned or controlled property in the pre-colonial period.
 -  He was joined by a group of fishermen from Asere, the core Ga settlement in pre-colonial Accra.
 -  Mapping Maryland traces the visual depiction of Maryland from its pre-colonial times through the mid-nineteenth century.
 -  Jacobs begins by emphasizing the importance of environmental factors in creating structures of social inequality; there was no precolonial harmony with the land.
 -  Old Africa Rediscovered mapped out many of the major transformations in the political history of precolonial Africa.
 -  Their boundaries were mostly products of late-Victorian negotiation between colonial powers, bearing no relation to precolonial political or ethnic entities.
 -  The most enduring symbol is the latte stone, a megalithic structure used to elevate houses in the precolonial period.
 -  Phrased differently, current selective pressures on the dogs do not replicate pre-colonial circumstances.