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Definition of Columbia

1. Noun. A North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring.

2. Noun. A town in west central Tennessee.

3. Noun. Capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina.

4. Noun. A university town in central Missouri.

5. Noun. A university in New York City.

Definition of Columbia

1. n. America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer.

Definition of Columbia

1. Proper noun. (poetic) America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. ¹

2. Proper noun. (archaic) The female personification of the USA. ¹

3. Proper noun. The capital and largest city of South Carolina. ¹

4. Proper noun. A city in Missouri ¹

5. Proper noun. Shortened form of Columbia University. ¹

6. Proper noun. ''Columbia Rediviva'', a famous American sailing ship ¹

7. Proper noun. The space shuttle ''Columbia'', named after the sailing ship ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Columbia

Colossian Colossians Colossus of Rhodes Colour Index Colson Colton Coluber Coluber constrictor Coluber constrictor flaviventris Coluber hippocrepis

Colubrina Columba Columba fasciata Columba livia Columba palumbus Columbia Columbia-Wenatchi Columbia Mental Maturity Scale Columbia River Columbia University

Columbia tiger lily Columbian Columbians Columbidae Columbiformes Columbus Columbus Day Columbusing Colutea Colutea arborescens

Literary usage of Columbia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"Suit by John C. Heald and others, as committee of the person and estate of Eugene I'eters, against the District of columbia, to r«M>ver taxes paid under ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"The history of the biology of the District of columbia, ... A resume of the progress of botanical study in the District of columbia since that time down to ..."

3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"The Coast range, through which this part of the columbia cuts, ... This section of the columbia Highway is completed in large part and in good weather the ..."

4. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1902)
"WHO BURNED columbia? THE story goes that when General Sherman lived in New York City, which was during the last five years of his life, one night at a ..."

5. The Journal of Negro History by Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, inc (1922)
"THE FIRST NEGRO CHURCHES IN THE DISTRICT OF columbia The early Negro churches in the District of columbia were Methodist and Baptist. ..."

6. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"The "Colledge of the Province of New York," as revived, was to be called columbia College, and was to be "the Mother of an University" whose influence ..."

7. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"Supreme Court of the District of columbia, or in the supreme court of any of the Territories of the United States, unless the matter in dispute, ..."

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