Columbia

For the country in South America, see Colombia.
Columbia is the original name for the United States and inspired the names of many things. For the original Columbia, see Historical Columbia.
Places in North America
Columbia River
Upper Columbia United Tribes, certain Native American peoples near the Columbia River
British Columbia
District of Columbia
Mount Columbia (Colorado)
Mount Columbia (Alberta)
Columbia Glacier (Alaska)
Columbia Glacier (Washington)
Columbia Peak in the state of Washington
Columbia Icefield in Alberta and British Columbia
U.S. cities or towns:
Columbia, South Carolina, the state capital
Columbia, Alabama
Columbia, Connecticut
Columbia, California
Columbia, Illinois
Columbia, Louisiana
Columbia, Maryland
Columbia, Mississippi
Columbia, Missouri, home of the University of Missouri
Columbia, New Hampshire
Columbia, New Jersey
Columbia, New York
Columbia, North Carolina
Columbia, Pennsylvania
Columbia, Tennessee
Columbia, Virginia
Columbia, Texas
Other places in the U.S.
Columbia Beach, Washington
Columbia Center, New York
Columbia Center, Ohio
Columbia City, Indiana
Columbia City, Oregon
Columbia County, Arkansas
Columbia County, Florida
Columbia County, Georgia
Columbia County, New York
Columbia County, Oregon
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Columbia County, Washington
Columbia Cross Roads, Pennsylvania
Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Columbia Heights, Oregon
Columbia Heights, Washington, DC
Columbia Station, Ohio
Columbia Township, Jackson County, Michigan
Columbia Township, Tuscola County, Michigan
Columbia Township, Van Buren County, Michigan
Columbia Valley Gardens, Washington
Well-known companies
Columbia Aircraft
Columbia Automobile Company
Columbia Bicycles
CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System
Columbia Graphophone Company
Columbia Management Group
Columbia Masterworks Records
Columbia Music Entertainment
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Records
Columbia Sussex
Columbia Sportswear
Columbia University Press, publisher of the Columbia Encyclopedia
Education
Columbia University
any of several Columbia Colleges
Columbia Theological Seminary
Columbia School of Broadcasting
Columbia Union College
University of the District of Columbia
Technology
Columbia Nuclear Generating Station in Washington
Columbia (supercomputer), a NASA supercomputer
Vehicles
Space shuttle Columbia, which fell apart during reentry in 2003
the Apollo 11 Command/Service Module
USS Columbia, several ships of the US Navy
Airplane piloted by Clarence Duncan Chamberlin when he was the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
HMS Columbia, the name of many ships of the Royal Navy
Columbia, the type 2-4-2 railroad locomotive in the Whyte notation
Columbia automobile, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (1893-1917)
Lightship Columbia, WLV-604, the first lightship on the Pacific Coast of the United States
Railroad passenger trains
Columbian (B&O), a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train between Jersey City, New Jersey and Chicago, Illinois
Columbian (passenger train), a former Milwaukee Road train between Chicago and Tacoma
Fictional uses
Columbia, a spaceship in Wally Wood's comic story Dark Side of the Moon, published in 1950
Columbia (NX-02), a fictional starship on the television series Star Trek: Enterprise
Columbia, a character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
"Columbia", a song by Paul van Dyk on Out There And Back
Columbia Airlines, fictional airline from Airport 1975
a Battlestar from both the original and the re-imagined versions of the Battlestar Galactica T.V show
Songs
"Columbia, Gem of the Ocean", a historical patriotic song still occasionally sung in the U.S.
Columbia (song), a song on the 1994 Oasis album Definitely Maybe
"Hail, Columbia", currently the official anthem of the Vice President and an early anthem of the United States
"Roll on Columbia", a 1941 popular song by Woody Guthrie about the Columbia River
Other
Columbia Station, a station on the Vancouver SkyTrain
Columbia (supercontinent)
Related pages
Columbiad, a type of cannon from the 19th century
Columba (constellation)
Niobium, an element formerly named Columbium
Saint Columba
Saint Columbanus
The Columbian Orator