Columbia
Columbia is the original name for the United States and inspired the names of many things. For the original Columbia, see Historical Columbia.
- For the country in South America, see Colombia.
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
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