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Columbia



Columbia is the original name for the United States and inspired the names of many things. For the original Columbia, see Historical Columbia.

Not to be confused with the country called Colombia.

Places in North America

* Columbia River
* British Columbia
* District of Columbia
* Mount Columbia (Colorado)
* Mount Columbia (Alberta)
* Columbia Glacier, Canada in 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, Connecticut
*Columbia, California
*Columbia, Illinois
*Columbia, Louisiana
*Columbia, Maryland
*Columbia, Mississippi
*Columbia, Missouri
*Columbia, New Hampshire
*Columbia, New Jersey
*Columbia, New York
*Columbia, North Carolina
*Columbia, Pennsylvania
*Columbia, Tennessee
*Columbia, Virginia

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, 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 Pictures
* Columbia Broadcasting System, which became CBS
* Columbia Records
* Columbia Sportswear
* Columbia University Press, publisher of the Columbia Encyclopedia

Educational institutions

* Columbia School of Broadcasting
* Columbia University
* any of several Columbia Colleges
* Columbia Theological Seminary

Technology

* Columbia Nuclear Generating Station in Washington
* Columbia (supercomputer), a NASA supercomputer

Vehicles

* Space shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated during reentry in 2003
* the Apollo 11 Command/Service Module
* USS Columbia, several ships of the US Navy
* HMS Columbia, several ships of the Royal Navy
* The type 2-4-2 railroad locomotive is called a Columbia in the Whyte notation
* Columbia automobile, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (1893-1917)

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

* 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
* a character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, played by "Little" Nell Campbell
* Columbia (song) by Oasis on Definitely Maybe
* a song by Paul van Dyk on "Out There And Back"
* Columbia Airlines fictional airline from Airport 1975

Songs

*Columbia (song), a song on the 1994 Oasis album Definitely Maybe
*Roll on Columbia, a 1941 popular song by Woody Guthrie about the Columbia River

Other

*Columbia Station, a station on the Vancouver SkyTrain.

Related terms

* Columbiad, a type of large-caliber cannon from the 19th century
* Columba (constellation)
* Niobium, an element formerly named Columbium
* Columbia (supercontinent).
* Saint Columba
* Saint Columbanus

See also

* The Columbian Orator.
*Colombia, a country in South America



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