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Columbia

//kəˈlʌm.bi.ə// name

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1
America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus. poetic
2
A female personification of the United States. dated
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.

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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.
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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.
12
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
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
Obsolete form of Colombia. alt-of, obsolete

Etymology

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

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