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Columbia (name) is a poetic name for America (in the sense of "European colonies in the New World"), and the feminine personification of the United States of America.

Columbia may also refer to:

Companies

• Columbia Aircraft, taken over by Cessna
  • Columbia 350, aircraft now known as the Cessna 350
  • Columbia 400, aircraft now known as the Cessna 400
• Columbia Aircraft Corp, originally Columbia Air Liners Inc.
• Columbia Bicycles of Hartford, Connecticut
  • Columbia Automobile Company (1899–1913), originally expanded from the bicycle line
• Columbia Brewery in Canada
• Columbia Broadcasting System, CBS radio and television networks
  • Columbia Artists Management
  • CBS Columbia Square, in Hollywood, California, West Coast home of CBS radio and television
• Columbia Comics
• Columbia Data Products
• Columbia Forest Products
• Columbia Games
• Columbia Gas Transmission, a gas pipeline between the U.S. Gulf Coast and New York
• Columbia Helicopters, based in Aurora, Oregon
• Columbia Industries
• Columbia Insurance Group
• Columbia Management Group
• Columbia Motors of Detroit, Michigan (1917–1924)
• Columbia Pictures
  • Columbia Pictures Television
    • Columbia TriStar Television
• Columbia Power Corporation, Canada
• Columbia Railway, historic Washington, D.C. streetcar company
• Columbia Records, named for the District of Columbia
  • Columbia Graphophone Company
    • Columbia Music Entertainment
  • Columbia Symphony Orchestra a former part of the Columbia Records company
• Columbia Sportswear, formerly the Columbia Hat Company
  • Team Columbia, a professional cycling team sponsored by Columbia Sportswear
• Columbia Transit, bus company serving Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia University Press, affiliated with Columbia University and publisher of Columbia Encyclopedia
• Columbia Winery
• Columbia Yachts

Music

• "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean", an American patriotic song
• "Columbia", a song on the 1994 Oasis album Definitely Maybe
• "Columbia", a song by Paul van Dyk on the 2000 album Out There and Back
• "Columbia", a song on the 2005 album Bloom (Eric Johnson album)
• Rumba Columbia, a rhythm and associated dance in Cuban rumba music

Persons

• Al Columbia, American artist, writer and cartoonist
• Columbia, a fictional character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Columbia Lancaster (1803–1893), a delegate from the Territory of Washington

Places

Associated with the Columbia River

• Columbia River, named for the sailing ship Columbia Rediviva
• Columbia Bar, a sandbar at the mouth of the Columbia River
• Columbia Basin, the drainage basin of the Columbia River or related definitions
• Columbia District, a pre-1846 historic fur trading district in the Pacific Northwest
• Columbia Falls on the Oregon-Washington border, better known as Celilo Falls
• Columbia Plateau, a plateau in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon
  • Columbia Plateau (ecoregion), an ecoregion named for the Columbia Plateau
• Columbia Slough in the Oregon floodplain of the Columbia River
• Columbia Country, the upper basin of the Columbia River
• Columbia Valley, the uppermost basin of the Columbia River
• Columbia Wetlands a Canadian Wildlife Service preserve in the Columbia Valley

Canada

• British Columbia, province
• Cape Columbia, the northernmost land point in Canada
• Mount Columbia (Alberta)
• Columbia Lake, the source of the Columbia River
• Columbia Mountains, a group of mountain ranges in British Columbia
• Columbia Icefield, between Alberta and British Columbia
• Columbia Station, a station on the SkyTrain in New Westminster, British Columbia

United States

• Columbia (municipality), name of municipalities in several states
• Columbia Airport (disambiguation), in several states
• Columbia Building (disambiguation), in several states
• Columbia Center (disambiguation) in Michigan and Washington
• Columbia City (disambiguation), in several states
• Columbia County (disambiguation), in several states
• Columbia Falls (disambiguation), in Maine and Montana
• Columbia Glacier (disambiguation), in Alaska and Washington
• Columbia Heights (disambiguation), in several states
• Columbia Island (disambiguation), in New York and the District of Columbia
• Columbia Mall (disambiguation), in several states
• Columbia Park (disambiguation), in several states
• Columbia Pike (disambiguation), in Maryland and Virginia
• Columbia Station (disambiguation), in several states
• Columbia Township (disambiguation), in several states
• Columbia Turnpike (disambiguation), in several states

California

• Columbia, San Diego, California, a neighborhood

Colorado

• Columbia Point, a mountain peak named for the Space Shuttle Columbia
• Mount Columbia (Colorado), named for Columbia University

District of Columbia

• The District of Columbia, the capital of the United States
• Columbia Hospital for Women, Washington, D.C.
• Columbia Road

Florida

• Columbia Restaurant, Tampa, the oldest Spanish restaurant in the U.S.

Maryland

• Columbia Air Center, a historic airfield in Prince George's County
• Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase

Massachusetts

• Columbia Point (Boston), a former name of Harbor Point in Dorchester

Michigan

• Lake Columbia

Missouri

• Institutions in Columbia, Missouri:
  • Columbia Cemetery
  • Columbia Cosmopolitan Recreation Area, a regional park
  • Columbia Regional Hospital
  • Columbia Multisport club, a triathlon club
  • Columbia National Guard Armory
  • Columbia Public Library

New Hampshire

• Columbia Bridge (New Hampshire), a covered wooden bridge in Columbia, New Hampshire

New Jersey

• Columbia Trail, a rail trail in rural northwestern New Jersey

New York

• Columbia Soccer Stadium

Ohio

• Columbia Parkway, an expressway in Cincinnati

Oregon

• Columbia Aviation Heliport, a private heliport

Pennsylvania

• Columbia Rolling Mill, a historic ironworks in Uniontown

South Carolina

• Columbia Canal in Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbia Speedway in Columbia, South Carolina

Tennessee

• Battle of Columbia in the United States Civil War near Columbia, Tennessee

Texas

• Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, a NASA facility in Texas, named for the space shuttle

Washington

• Columbia Peak
• Camp Columbia (Hanford), a 1940s-era prison camp along the Yakima River
• Columbia Generating Station, of the United States Department of Energy Hanford Site
• Columbia Hills (Washington) a state park and area of scenic hills near the Columbia River
• Fort Columbia, state park

Wisconsin

• Columbia Correctional Institution, a maximum-security prison
• Columbia Energy Center, an electrical power station

Outside North America

• Columbia (supercontinent)
• 327 Columbia, an asteroid discovered in 1892
• Columbia Hills (Mars), a range of low hills on Mars, named for the space shuttle
• Camp Columbia, a United States Army post in Australia during World War II
• Columbia Centre in Bracknell, United Kingdom
• Columbia, Tyne and Wear, a neighborhood in Washington, Tyne and Wear County, United Kingdom

Schools

• Columbia University, New York City
  • Columbia College (Columbia University), the main undergraduate college
  • Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, New York City
• Columbia University, a former name of the University of Portland
• Columbia International University, Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbia College (disambiguation)
• Columbia Bible College (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
• Columbia Theological Seminary, formerly in Columbia, now in Decatur, Georgia
• Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, New York City
• Columbia High School (disambiguation)
• Columbia Independent School, Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Middle School in Grovetown, Georgia

School Districts

• Columbia Elementary School District, Redding, California
• Columbia School District (Mississippi)
• Columbia Public Schools, Columbia, Missouri

Vehicles

Ships

• Columbia (Arrow Lakes sternwheeler)
• Columbia (barque), in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company on the Columbia River and Pacific Northwest coast
• USS Columbia, any of several ships of the US Navy
  • Columbia-class cruiser, a group of two protected cruisers used by the United States Navy, 1890–91
  • CSS Columbia, a Confederate (and later U.S. Navy) ironclad ram during the Civil War
• HMCS Columbia, any of several commissioned vessels of the Canadian Navy
• Columbia (yacht), any of several America's Cup race winners/contenders
• Lightship Columbia, the first lightship on the Pacific coast of the United States, docked in Astoria, Oregon
• MV Columbia, a large passenger and automobile ferry in the Alaska Marine Highway System fleet
• SS Columbia, a historic excursion steamer docked in Ecorse, Michigan, United States
• Columbia Rediviva, a ship under Captain Robert Gray, best known for going to the Pacific Northwest of America

Spacecraft

• Columbia, the Command/Service Module for the Apollo 11 mission
• Space Shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated during re-entry in 2003
• Columbia, a Battlestar (fictional spaceship) from both versions of the Battlestar Galactica TV series
• Columbia (Star Trek), any of three fictional starships in the Star Trek syndication

Other

• Columbia JL, a large amphibian aircraft built only as three prototypes
• Columbia, the airplane piloted by Clarence Duncan Chamberlin as the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic
• Columbia, another name for the 2-4-2 classification of steam locomotives, named for an early locomotive of this type called Columbia

Other uses

• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Columbia (sheep), an American breed of sheep
• Columbia (supercomputer), named for the space shuttle
• Columbia: The Tragic Loss, a 2004 documentary about the first Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon, who perished in the Columbia space shuttle accident
• Columbia Blue, a standardized color combination in the Pantone Matching System
• Columbia MM, a text-based mail client developed at Columbia University
• Sailing Ship Columbia, a themed ride at Disneyland in California, based on the Columbia Rediviva
• Columbia Carousel, carousels in amusement parks
• Columbia Airlines, fictional airline from the film Airport 1975

See also

• Colombia (disambiguation)
• Columba (disambiguation)
• Columbiad, a type of large-caliber cannon from the 19th century
• Columbian (disambiguation)
• Columbiana (disambiguation)
• Columbium, former name for the element Niobium
• Columbus (disambiguation)
• Saint Columba
• Saint Columbanus

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

From Wikitravel

There is more than one place called Columbia:

United States of America

• Columbia (California) - a city in the state of California
• Columbia (Kentucky) - a city in the commonwealth of Kentucky
• Columbia (Maryland) - a city in the state of Maryland
• Columbia (Missouri) - a city in the state of Missouri
• Columbia (Tennessee)
• Columbia County (New York) - a county in the state of New York
• Columbia (South Carolina) - a city in the state of South Carolina
• Columbia County (Florida) - a county in North Central Florida.
• Columbia County (Pennsylvania) - a county in Pennsylvania
• Columbia County (Washington) - a county in the Palouse region of Washington state

Beware also the possible misspelling of Colombia, the name of a country in South America.

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From LoveToKnow 1911

There is more than one meaning of Columbia discussed in the 1911 Encyclopedia. We are planning to let all links go to the correct meaning directly, but for now you will have to search it out from the list below by yourself. If you want to change the link that led you here yourself, it would be appreciated.

• District of Columbia
• Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia, Pennsylvania
• Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbia, Tennessee
• Columbia River

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

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Columbia

Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Christopher Columbus, the latinized name (whether from Italian (Colombo?), Spanish Colón or still another Romance language is disputed) of the European Renaissance (re?)discoverer of the Americas.

Pronunciation

• Homophones: Colombia

Proper noun

Columbia

1. (poetic) America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer.
2. (archaic) The female personification of the USA.
3. The capital and largest city of South Carolina.
4. A city in Missouri
5. Shortened form of Columbia University.
6. The space shuttle Columbia.

Derived terms

• District of Columbia
• British Columbia
• CBS

Related terms

• Colomba
• Colombus
• Columbine
• Columbus

Translations