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Columbia¹ Definition

Co·lum·bia (kə lumbē ə, -byə)

noun

Old Poet. the U.S. personified as a woman

Etymology: after Christopher Columbus

Columbia² Definition

Co·lum·bia (kə lumbē ə, -byə)

  1. Etymology: after Columbia, personification of the U.S.

    capital of S.C., on the Congaree River: pop. 116,000

  2. city in central Mo.: pop. 85,000

    Etymology: after Columbia, personification of the U.S.

  3. city in NC Md., southwest of Baltimore: pop. 88,000

  4. river rising in SE British Columbia and flowing south & west through Wash., & along the Wash.-Oreg. border into the Pacific: 1,210 mi (1,947 km)

    Etymology: after the name of the first ship to enter it (1792)

Columbia Usage Examples

Converse of object

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Noun used with modifier

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