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Columbia

/kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/

Columbia proper noun: america; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus. Also the obsolete form of Colombia.

Proper noun

Columbia

  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. The capital city of South Carolina, and the county seat of Richland County.
  6. A town in Houston County, Alabama.
  7. A neighborhood of San Diego, California.
  8. A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California.
  9. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
  10. A city in Monroe County, Illinois.
  11. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Indiana.
  12. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa.
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  1. A city, the county seat of Adair County, Kentucky.
  2. A town, the parish seat of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
  3. A town in Washington County, Maine.
  4. A census-designated place and planned community in Howard County, Maryland.
  5. A city, the county seat of Marion County, Mississippi, named for the city in South Carolina.
  6. A city, the county seat of Boone County, Missouri.
  7. A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
  8. A census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey.
  9. A town in Herkimer County, New York.
  10. A town, the county seat of Tyrrell County, North Carolina.
  11. An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
  12. An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
  13. A borough of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
  14. A city in Brown County, South Dakota.
  15. A city, the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee.
  16. An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
  17. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
  18. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.
  19. A number of townships, listed under Columbia Township.
  20. 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...
  21. Columbia Pictures, a major American film production corporation
  22. Space Shuttle Columbia, named after the Columbia Rediviva ship.
  23. A supercontinent thought to have existed in the Paleoproterozoic.
    Synonyms:
    Hudsonland, Nuna
  24. A rural locality in northeast Queensland, Australia.

Also used as

Columbia is also the obsolete form of Colombia.

Columbia meaning in Hindi and Arabic

Columbia in Hindi

poetic: America
कोलम्बिया kolambiyā
female personification of the USA
कोलम्बिया kolambiyā

Columbia in Arabic

poetic: America
كُولُومْبِيَا kulumbiyā
female personification of the USA
كُولُومْبِيَا kulumbiyā

Synonyms of Columbia

All synonyms of Columbia

Origin of Columbia

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

Words formed from Columbia

Phrases with Columbia

Questions about Columbia

What does Columbia mean?
Columbia means america; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.
What is Columbia in Hindi?
Columbia in Hindi is कोलम्बिया (kolambiyā). See Columbia meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Columbia?
Columbia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Columbia?
Columbia is pronounced /kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/.

Words near Columbia in the dictionary

  1. columbary
  2. columbate
  3. columbates
  4. columbellid
  5. columbellids
  6. Columbia
  7. Columbia blue
  8. Columbia Chinook
  9. Columbia City
  10. Columbia County
  11. Columbia River

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