# Columbia

Columbia most often refers to:
* Columbia (personification), the historical personification of the United States
* Columbia University, a private university in New York City
* Columbia Pictures, an American film studio owned by Sony Pictures
* Columbia Sportswear, an American clothing company
Columbia may also refer to:

## Places
### North America
#### Natural features

* Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest
* Columbia River, in Canada and the United States
** Columbia Bar, a sandbar in the estuary of the Columbia River
** Columbia Country, the region of British Columbia encompassing the northern portion of that river's upper reaches
*** Columbia Valley, a region within the Columbia Country
** Columbia Lake, a lake at the head of the Columbia River
*** Columbia Wetlands, a protected area near Columbia Lake
** Columbia Slough, along the Columbia watercourse near Portland, Oregon
* Glacial Lake Columbia, a proglacial lake in Washington state
* Columbia Icefield, in the Canadian Rockies
* Columbia Island (District of Columbia), in the Potomac River
* Columbia Island (New York), in Long Island Sound

#### Populated places

* Columbia City (disambiguation)
* Columbia County (disambiguation)
* District of Columbia (disambiguation), including "Columbia District"
* Columbia Township (disambiguation)
* Mount Columbia (disambiguation)

### Canada

* British Columbia, a province of Canada
* Columbia District, a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading district in the Pacific Northwest
* Columbia, British Columbia, a former city in Canada
* Columbia (electoral district), formerly in British Columbia, Canada, 1903–1928
* Columbia Street, New Westminster, the main downtown street of that city, in British Columbia, Canada

### United States

* District of Columbia, the United States' capital district
* Columbia, Alabama, a town
* Columbia, Arizona, a populated place
* Columbia, California, a census-designated place and former boomtown
* Columbia, San Diego, California, a neighborhood
* Columbia, Connecticut, a town
* Columbia, Illinois, a city
* Columbia, Fayette County, Indiana, an unincorporated town
* Columbia, Iowa, an unincorporated community
* Columbia, Kentucky, a city
* Columbia, Louisiana, a town
* Columbia, Maine, a town
* Columbia, Maryland, a planned community
* Columbia, Michigan, a village
* Columbia, Mississippi, a city
* Columbia, Missouri, a city
** Columbia metropolitan area (Missouri)
* Columbia, New Hampshire, a town
* Columbia, New Jersey, a census-designated place
* Columbia, New York, a town
* Columbia, North Carolina, a town
* Columbia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
* Columbia, Williams County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
* Columbia, Pennsylvania, a borough
* Columbia, South Carolina, the capital of South Carolina
** Columbia metropolitan area (South Carolina)
* Columbia, South Dakota, a city
* Columbia, Tennessee, a city
* Columbia, Virginia, a town
* Columbia (Richmond, Virginia), a historic home
* Camp Columbia (Hanford), Washington state, a prison camp during and after World War II
* Columbia, West Virginia
* Columbia, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
* Columbia, former name of Romney, Indiana, an unincorporated community
* Columbia, former name of Etna, New York, an unincorporated community
* Columbia, former name of West Columbia, Texas, a city

### Elsewhere

* Columbia, Queensland, a locality in Australia
* Camp Columbia (Wacol), Queensland, Australia, during World War II
* Columbia, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, a village subdivision of the town of Washington
* Columbia (supercontinent), a prehistoric supercontinent
* 327 Columbia, an asteroid

## Arts, entertainment and media
### Fictional elements

* Columbia (BioShock), a city in the video game BioShock Infinite
* Columbia, a character in the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show
* Columbia Airlines, from the movie Airport 1975

### Music

* Columbia, a style of Cuban rumba
* Columbia: Live at Missouri University, a 1993 live album by American power pop group Big Star
* "Columbia" (Oasis song), a song on the 1994 album Definitely Maybe
* "Columbia", a song on the 2000 album Out There and Back by Paul van Dyk
* "Columbia", a song on the 2005 album Bloom by Eric Johnson
* Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean, an American patriotic song

### Publications

* Columbia Encyclopedia, one-volume encyclopedia published by Columbia University Press
* Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, annual literary journal published by Columbia University
* Columbia Magazine, an alumni magazine published by Columbia University
* Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History, quarterly magazine published by the Washington State Historical Society
* Columbia, a magazine published by the Knights of Columbus
* Columbia Magazine, an online magazine published in Columbia, Kentucky

## Companies
### Arts and media companies

* Columbia Amusement Company, an American burlesque chain that operated from 1902 to 1927
* Columbia Artists Management, an international talent management agency
* Columbia Broadcasting System, original name of American broadcast network, CBS; initially Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (1927–1928), then Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (1928–1974), now CBS Inc. (1974–present)
* Columbia Comics, an American comic book publisher
* Columbia Games, an American board game company
* Columbia Graphophone Company, a British record company and label from 1922 to 1973
* Columbia House, an American mail-order media company
* Nippon Columbia, formerly Columbia Music Entertainment, a Japanese record company
* Columbia Records, an American record label founded in 1888, owned since 1988 by Sony Music Entertainment
* Columbia University Press, affiliated with Columbia University and publisher of Columbia Encyclopedia

### Transportation companies

* Columbia Aircraft, American manufacturer active 1995-2007, taken over by Cessna
* Columbia Aircraft Corporation, American manufacturer active 1927-1947, originally Columbia Air Liners Inc.
* Columbia Bicycles of Hartford, Connecticut
** Columbia (automobile brand) (1899–1913), originally expanded from the bicycle line
* Columbia Helicopters, based in Aurora, Oregon
* Columbia Motors of Detroit, Michigan (1917–1924)
* Columbia Railway, a historic Washington, D.C. streetcar company
* Columbia Transit (COMO Connect), a bus company serving Columbia, Missouri
* Columbia Transportation, the university bus system of Columbia University

### Other companies

* Columbia Brewery in Canada
* Columbia Data Products, a software company in Florida
* Columbia Forest Products, a forest manufacturing company in North Carolina
* Columbia Gas Transmission, a gas pipeline between the U.S. Gulf Coast and New York
* Columbia Industries, a bowling manufacturing company
* Columbia Insurance Group, an insurance company
* Columbia Management Group, a financial services company
* Columbia Mining Company, amalgamated in 2001 with Teck Resources as Teck-Cominco
* Columbia Power Corporation, Canada
* Columbia Restaurant, Florida
* Columbia Sportswear, an American company that manufactures and distributes outerwear, sportswear, footwear, headgear, camping equipment, ski apparel, and outerwear accessories.

## People

* Al Columbia (born 1970), American artist, writer and cartoonist
* Columbia Eneutseak (or Nancy Columbia; 1893–1959), American actress and screenwriter
* Columbia Lancaster (1803–1893), a delegate from the Territory of Washington

## Schools

** Columbia Lions, athletic teams representing the university
* 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
* Columbia University, a former name of the University of Portland

### School districts

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

## Aircraft and spacecraft

* Space Shuttle Columbia
** Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
* Command Module Columbia, the Command/Service Module for the Apollo 11 mission
* Columbia XJL, a large amphibian aircraft built only as three prototypes

## Ships
### Naval vessels

* CSS Columbia, a Confederate States Navy (and later United States Navy) ironclad ram during the Civil War
* HMCS Columbia, several ships of the Royal Canadian Navy
* HMS Columbia, several ships of the Royal Navy
* USS Columbia, several ships of the United States Navy
* Columbia-class cruiser, two protected cruisers used by the United States Navy, 1890–91
* Columbia-class submarine, an upcoming class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines for the United States Navy

### America's Cup yachts

* Columbia (1871 yacht)
* Columbia (1899 yacht)
* Columbia (1958 yacht)

### Other ships

* Columbia (Arrow Lakes sternwheeler)
* Columbia (barque), in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company on the Columbia River and along the Pacific Northwest Coast
* Columbia (collapsed paddle steamer), a paddle steamer excursion boat which sank on the Illinois River in July 1918
* Columbia (sidewheeler 1850), a steamboat in 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
* SS Columbia (1880), a coastal passenger liner which made the first commercial use of Edison's light bulb
* SS Columbia (1889), an ocean liner, later renamed Rapido, a cruiser for the Spanish Navy
* United States lightship Columbia (WLV-604), the first lightship on the Pacific Coast of the United States, docked in Astoria, Oregon
* Columbia Rediviva, commonly known as the Columbia, a maritime fur trade vessel

## Other uses

* Columbia Carousel, carousels in amusement parks
* Columbia sheep, an American breed
* Columbia (supercomputer), named for the space shuttle
* Columbia, another name for the 2-4-2 classification of steam locomotives
* Sailing Ship Columbia, a themed ride at Disneyland
* Team Columbia, a professional cycling team sponsored by Columbia Sportswear
* Columbia (Hewlett-Packard), a codename for the HP OmniGo 700LX palmtop PC