Columbia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/
rhymes: -ʌmbiə
homophone: Colombia
Etymology: From Columbus + -ia, the Latinized name of the European explorer, Christopher Columbus. Piecewise doublet of Colombia.
Senses: glosses: America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.
glosses: A female personification of the United States.
glosses: A river in British Columbia, Canada and in Washington and Oregon, United States, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.
glosses: District of Columbia. The federal capital region of the United States of America, including Washington, D.C.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
The capital city of South Carolina, and the county seat of Richland County.
synonyms: Cola Town
Cola
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A town in Houston County, Alabama.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A neighborhood of San Diego, California.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A city in Monroe County, Illinois.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Indiana.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Adair County, Kentucky.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A town, the parish seat of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A town in Washington County, Maine.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A census-designated place and planned community in Howard County, Maryland.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Marion County, Mississippi, named for the city in South Carolina.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Boone County, Missouri.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A town in Herkimer County, New York.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A town, the county seat of Tyrrell County, North Carolina.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A borough of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A city in Brown County, South Dakota.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.
glosses: Several places in the United States.
A number of townships, listed under Columbia Township.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 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 original on 28 May 2022:
glosses: Columbia University.
glosses: Columbia Pictures, a major American film production corporation
glosses: Space Shuttle Columbia, named after the Columbia Rediviva ship.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
synonyms: Hudsonland
Nuna
glosses: A supercontinent thought to have existed in the Paleoproterozoic.
glosses: A rural locality in northeast Queensland, Australia.
glosses: Obsolete form 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