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Columbia en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Columbus + -ia, the Latinized name of the European explorer, Christopher Columbus. Piecewise doublet of Colombia.

Meanings

  1. (poetic) America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.
  2. (dated) A female personification of the United States.
  3. A river in British Columbia, Canada and in Washington and Oregon, United States, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.
  4. District of Columbia. The federal capital region of the United States of America, including Washington, D.C.
  5. Several places in the United States. ▸ The capital city of South Carolina, and the county seat of Richland County.
  6. Several places in the United States. ▸ A town in Houston County, Alabama.
  7. Several places in the United States. ▸ A neighborhood of San Diego, California.
  8. Several places in the United States. ▸ A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California.
  9. Several places in the United States. ▸ A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
  10. Several places in the United States. ▸ A city in Monroe County, Illinois.
  11. Several places in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Indiana.
  12. Several places in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa.
  13. Several places in the United States. ▸ A city, the county seat of Adair County, Kentucky.
  14. Several places in the United States. ▸ A town, the parish seat of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
  15. Several places in the United States. ▸ A town in Washington County, Maine.
  16. Several places in the United States. ▸ A census-designated place and planned community in Howard County, Maryland.
  17. Several places in the United States. ▸ A city, the county seat of Marion County, Mississippi, named for the city in South Carolina.
  18. Several places in the United States. ▸ A city, the county seat of Boone County, Missouri.
  19. Several places in the United States. ▸ A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
  20. Several places in the United States. ▸ A census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey.
  21. Several places in the United States. ▸ A town in Herkimer County, New York.
  22. Several places in the United States. ▸ A town, the county seat of Tyrrell County, North Carolina.
  23. Several places in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
  24. Several places in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
  25. Several places in the United States. ▸ A borough of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
  26. Several places in the United States. ▸ A city in Brown County, South Dakota.
  27. Several places in the United States. ▸ A city, the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee.
  28. Several places in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
  29. Several places in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
  30. Several places in the United States. ▸ An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.
  31. Several places in the United States. ▸ A number of townships, listed under Columbia Township.
  32. Columbia University.
    • Dr. [Carl] Hart, 54, the first tenured African-American science professor at Columbia, is a gadfly among drug researchers and a rock star among advocates for decriminalizing drugs. 2021 April 10, John Leland, “This heroin-using professor wants to change how we think about drugs”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 May 2022:
  33. Columbia Pictures, a major American film production corporation
  34. Space Shuttle Columbia, named after the Columbia Rediviva ship.
  35. A supercontinent thought to have existed in the Paleoproterozoic.
  36. A rural locality in northeast Queensland, Australia.
  37. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of Colombia.
    alt of Colombia

Deriveds

British Columbia · Columbia City · Columbia County · CBS · District of Columbia · Columbia River · Columbia Chinook · Columbia-Shuswap

Relateds

Columbine · Colombus · Colombia · Colomba · Columbus

Synonyms

Soda City · Cola · Hudsonland · Cola Town · Nuna

Translations (20)

sv Columbia (female personification of the USA) · hi कोलम्बिया (poetic: America) · ja コロンビア (poetic: America) · ar كُولُومْبِيَا (female personification of the USA) · ja コロンビア (female personification of the USA) · nl Colombia (female personification of the USA) · nl Columbia (female personification of the USA) · cmn 哥倫比亞 /哥伦比亚 (poetic: America) · ru Колу́мбия (poetic: America) · ru Колу́мбия (female personification of the USA) · cmn 哥倫比亞 /哥伦比亚 (female personification of the USA) · nl Colombië (female personification of the USA) · hi कोलम्बिया (female personification of the USA) · it America (poetic: America) · fi Kolumbia (poetic: America) · nl Columbia (poetic: America) · it Columbia (poetic: America) · ko 콜럼비아 (poetic: America) · ar كُولُومْبِيَا (poetic: America) · fi Kolumbia (female personification of the USA)

wikipedia: Christopher Columbus · wikidata: Q38453