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English
Etymology
From Columbus + -ia, the Latinized name of the European explorer, Christopher Columbus. Piecewise doublet of Colombia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Columbia
- (poetic) America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.
- (dated) A female personification of the United States.
- A river in British Columbia, Canada and in Washington and Oregon, United States, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.
- District of Columbia The federal capital region of the United States of America, including Washington, D.C.
- Several places in the United States.
- The capital city of South Carolina, and the county seat of Richland County.
- Synonyms: Cola Town, Cola
- A town in Houston County, Alabama.
- A neighborhood of San Diego, California.
- A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California.
- A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
- A city in Monroe County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa.
- A city, the county seat of Adair County, Kentucky.
- A town, the parish seat of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
- A town in Washington County, Maine.
- A census-designated place and planned community in Howard County, Maryland.
- A city, the county seat of Marion County, Mississippi, named for the city in South Carolina.
- A city, the county seat of Boone County, Missouri.
- A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
- A census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey.
- A town in Herkimer County, New York.
- A town, the county seat of Tyrrell County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
- A borough of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- A city in Brown County, South Dakota.
- A city, the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships, listed under Columbia Township.
- Columbia University.
- Columbia Pictures, a major American film production corporation
- Space Shuttle Columbia, named after the Columbia Rediviva ship.
- (geology) A supercontinent thought to have existed in the Paleoproterozoic.
- Synonyms: Hudsonland, Nuna
- A rural locality in northeast Queensland, Australia.
- Misspelling of Colombia.
Derived terms
Translations
female personification of the USA
Catalan
Proper noun
Columbia f
- Columbia (the capital city of South Carolina, United States)
Latin
Proper noun
Columbia f sg (genitive Columbiae); first declension
- (New Latin) Colombia (a country in South America)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈlumbja/
- Rhymes: -umbja
- Syllabification: Co‧lum‧bia
Proper noun
Columbia f
- Columbia
Derived terms