# Columbia
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌmbiə
* Homophone: Colombia

### 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

* British Columbia
* CBS
* Columbia Chinook
* Columbia City
* Columbia County
* Columbia River
* Columbia-Shuswap
* District of Columbia

#### Related terms

* Colomba
* Colombia
* Colombus
* Columbine
* Columbus

#### Translations
## 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

* columbiānus
* columbicus
* columbiēnsis

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈlumbja/ [koˈlũm.bja]
* Rhymes: -umbja
* Syllabification: Co‧lum‧bia

### Proper noun

Columbia f
* Columbia

#### Derived terms

* Columbia Británica
* columbiano