Columbia
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- //kəˈlʌm.bi.ə//
America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.
proper noun
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America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.
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datedA female personification of the United States.
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A river in British Columbia, Canada and in Washington and Oregon, United States, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.
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District of Columbia. The federal capital region of the United States of America, including Washington, D.C.
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Several places in the United States. The capital city of South Carolina, and the county seat of Richland County.
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Several places in the United States. A town in Houston County, Alabama.
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Several places in the United States. A neighborhood of San Diego, California.
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Several places in the United States. A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California.
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Several places in the United States. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
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Several places in the United States. A city in Monroe County, Illinois.
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Several places in the United States. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Indiana.
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Several places in the United States. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa.
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Several places in the United States. A city, the county seat of Adair County, Kentucky.
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Several places in the United States. A town, the parish seat of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
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Several places in the United States. A town in Washington County, Maine.
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Several places in the United States. A census-designated place and planned community in Howard County, Maryland.
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Several places in the United States. A city, the county seat of Marion County, Mississippi, named for the city in South Carolina.
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Several places in the United States. A city, the county seat of Boone County, Missouri.
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Several places in the United States. A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
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Several places in the United States. A census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey.
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Several places in the United States. A town in Herkimer County, New York.
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Several places in the United States. A town, the county seat of Tyrrell County, North Carolina.
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Several places in the United States. An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
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Several places in the United States. An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
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Several places in the United States. A borough of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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Several places in the United States. A city in Brown County, South Dakota.
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Several places in the United States. A city, the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee.
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Several places in the United States. An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
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Several places in the United States. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
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Several places in the United States. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.
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Several places in the United States. A number of townships, listed under Columbia Township.
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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.
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Columbia Pictures, a major American film production corporation
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Space Shuttle Columbia, named after the Columbia Rediviva ship.
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A supercontinent thought to have existed in the Paleoproterozoic.
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A rural locality in northeast Queensland, Australia.
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Variant of ColombiaobsoleteObsolete form of Colombia.
Etymology
From Columbus + -ia, the Latinized name of the European explorer, Christopher Columbus. Piecewise doublet of Colombia.
Columbia · America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.
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