Columbia
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Columbia (name) was the first popular and poetic name for the United States, and has in turn inspired the names of many other things.

Columbia may also refer to:

Places

U.S. cities or towns

• Columbia, Alabama
• Columbia, California
• Columbia, Connecticut
• Columbia, Illinois
• Columbia, Fayette County, Indiana
• Columbia, Iowa
• Columbia, Kentucky
• Columbia, Louisiana
• Columbia, Maine
• Columbia, Maryland
• Columbia, Mississippi
• Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia, New Hampshire
• Columbia, New Jersey
• Columbia, New York
• Columbia, former name for Etna, New York
• Columbia, North Carolina
• Columbia, Pennsylvania
• Columbia, South Carolina, the state's capital and largest city
• Columbia, Tennessee
• Columbia, Virginia
• District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)

Other geographic places and uses in the U.S.

• Camp Columbia (Hanford), a 1940s-era prison camp along the Yakima River in Washington state
• Columbia Baptist Cemetery (Cincinnati, Ohio)
• Columbia Bar at the mouth of the Columbia River
• Columbia Basin
• Columbia Beach, a community in Clinton, Washington
• Columbia Canal, South Carolina
• Columbia Cemetery in Missouri
• Columbia Center, a hamlet in Columbia, New York
• Columbia Center in Lorain County, Ohio
• Columbia City, Indiana
• Columbia City, Oregon
• Columbia City, Seattle, Washington
• Columbia City Historic District (Seattle, Washington)
• Columbia County, Arkansas
• Columbia County, Florida
• Columbia County, Georgia
• Columbia County, New York
• Columbia County, Oregon
• Columbia County, Pennsylvania
• Columbia County, Washington
• Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland
• Columbia Cross Roads in Bradford County, Pennsylvania
• Columbia District, a pre-1850 historic fur trading district in northwestern North America
• Columbia Falls, Maine
• Columbia Falls, Montana
• Columbia Falls, a former name of Celilo Falls on the Oregon-Washington border
• Columbia Glacier (Alaska)
• Columbia Glacier (Washington)
• Columbia Gorge AVA, an American Viticultural Area (wine-making region)
• Columbia Heights, Minnesota
• Columbia Heights, Oregon either of two places in Oregon
• Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C.
• Columbia Hills (Washington) a state park and area of scenic hills in Washington state
• Columbia Historic District, and of several in the United States
• Columbia Island (District of Columbia), a small island in the Potomac River
• Columbia Island (New York), a small island in Long Island Sound
• Columbia Park, Minneapolis, a neighborhood
• Columbia Peak in the state of Washington
• Columbia Point, a mountain peak in Colorado
• Columbia Point (Boston), a former name of Harbor Point in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston
• Columbia Plateau (ecoregion)
• Columbia River
• Columbia River Basalt Group, a large igneous province that lies beneath portions of Washington, Oregon and Idaho
• Columbia River Gorge
• Columbia River Plateau
• Columbia, San Diego, California, a neighborhood
• Columbia Slough in the Oregon floodplain of the Columbia River
• Columbia State Historic Park in Columbia, California
• Columbia Station, Ohio
• Columbia Township, any one of many in the United States
• Columbia-Tusculum, Cincinnati, the oldest neighborhood in the city
• Columbia Valley AVA, an American Viticultural Area in the Pacific Northwest
• Columbia Valley Gardens in Longview, Washington
• Columbia Cosmopolitan Recreation Area, a regional park near Columbia, Missouri
• Downtown Columbia, Missouri
• East Columbia, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood
• Fort Columbia, state park of Washington
• Lake Columbia in Jackson County, Michigan
• Mount Columbia (Colorado)
• North Columbia, California
• West Columbia, South Carolina
• West Columbia, Texas

Geographic places and uses in Canada

• British Columbia
• British Columbia Coast
• British Columbia Interior
• British Columbia Southern Interior
• Mount Columbia (Alberta)
• Cape Columbia, the northernmost land point in Canada
• Columbia Country, referring to the upper basin of the Columbia River
• Columbia (electoral district) in British Columbia
• Columbia Glacier in the Canadian Rockies
• Columbia Icefield in Alberta and British Columbia
• Columbia Lake
• Columbia Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia
• Columbia Mountains in British Columbia
• Columbia-Shuswap Regional District
• Columbia Valley, British Columbia
• Columbia Wetlands a Canadian Wildlife Service preserve

Places and geographic uses outside North America

• Camp Columbia, a United States Army post in Australia during World War II
• Columbia, a neighborhood in Washington, Tyne and Wear County, United Kingdom
• Columbia (supercontinent)
• Columbia Road Market, an East London street flower market

Persons

• Al Columbia, American artist, writer and cartoonist
• Columbia Lancaster (1803-1893), a delegate from the territory of Washington (state

Companies

• Bank of British Columbia
• British Columbia Lottery Corporation
• Columbia Aircraft
• Columbia Artists Management
• Columbia (automobile), any of several former U.S. companies
• Columbia Bicycles
• Columbia Brewery in Canada
• Columbia Broadcasting System, CBS radio and television networks
• Columbia Comics
• Columbia Crest, another name for the Chateau Ste. Michelle winery in Woodinville, Washington
• Columbia Data Products
• Columbia Forest Products
• Columbia Games
• Columbia Graphophone Company
• Columbia Gorge Casino in Oregon
• Columbia Helicopters
• Columbia Industries
• Columbia Insurance Group
• Columbia Management Group
• Columbia Masterworks Records
• Columbia Music Entertainment
• Columbia Pictures
• Columbia Pictures Television
• Columbia Power Corporation, Canada
• Columbia Records
• Columbia Sussex
• Columbia Sportswear
• Columbia University Press, publisher of the Columbia Encyclopedia
• Columbia Winery, Yakima Valley, Washington
• Columbia Yachts
• Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Educational institutions

• British Columbia Institute of Technology
• Central Columbia School District, Pennsylvania
• Columbia Basin College
• Columbia Bible College (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
• Columbia Borough School District, a public school district in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District, Texas
• Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning
• Columbia Christian Schools, Portland, Oregon
• Columbia City High School, Columbia City, Indiana
• Columbia College, any one of several colleges
• Columbia College Hollywood
• Columbia-Chicago School of Economics
• Columbia Community Unit School District 4, in southern Illinois
• Columbia County High School, Lakeland, Florida
• Columbia County School System, Georgia
• Columbia Elementary School District, Redding, California
• Columbia Gorge Community College
• Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, New York City
• Columbia-Greene Community College
• Columbia High School, any of several high schools
• Columbia Independent School, Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, New York City
• Columbia International University
• Columbia Middle School in Grovetown, Georgia
• Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School
• Columbia Pacific University, California
• Columbia Park Elementary School, Revelstoke, British Columbia
• Columbia Public Schools, Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia River High School, Vancouver, Washington, USA
• Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• Columbia School District (Mississippi)
• Columbia State Community College in Tennessee
• Columbia State University
• Columbia Southern University
• Columbia Theological Seminary
• Columbia Union College
• Columbia University
• District of Columbia Public Schools
• Lower Columbia College, Longview, Washington
• Southern Columbia Area School District, Catawissa, Pennsylvania
• The School at Columbia University, New York City
• University of the District of Columbia
• University of British Columbia
• University of Missouri-Columbia
• University of Northern British Columbia
• Upper Columbia Academy, Spangle, Washington

Science and technology

• Columbia Non-neutral Torus, a small stellarator at the Columbia University Plasma Physics Laboratory
• Columbia Hills (Mars), a range of low hills inside Gusev crater on Mars
• Federal Columbia River Power System
• 327 Columbia, an asteroid discovered in 1892

Biology

• Columbia pebblesnail, a North American species of gastropod
• Columbia (sheep), an American breed of sheep
• Columbia Spotted Frog
• Columbia Torrent Salamander, a North American species of amphibian

Buildings and structures

• Columbia Bridge (New Hampshire), a covered wooden bridge
• Columbia Building, any of several in the United States
• Columbia Carousel, either of two Great America theme park carousels
• Columbia Center, the tallest skyscraper in Seattle
• Columbia Center (Troy), a pair of office towers in Troy, Michigan
• Columbia Center Mall, a shopping mall in Kennewick, Washington
• Columbia Centre in Bracknell, United Kingdom
• Columbia Correctional Institution, a maximum-security correctional facility in Wisconsin
• Columbia Energy Center, an electrical power station in Washington state
• Columbia Generating Station, of the United States Department of Energy Hanford Site in the state of Washington
• Columbia Mall, any of several in the United States
• Columbia National Guard Armory in Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Park, a former baseball stadium in Philadelphia
• Columbia Park (Altoona) a former baseball field in Altoona, Pennsylvania
• Columbia Place Mall in South Carolina
• Columbia River Washington Temple, an operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Columbia Rolling Mill, a historic ironworks in Uniontown, Pennsylvania
• Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, a NASA facility in Texas
• Columbia Soccer Stadium at Columbia University
• Columbia Speedway in South Carolina
• Columbia South Carolina Temple, an operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• CBS Columbia Square, in Hollywood, California, West Coast home of CBS radio and television
• Detroit-Columbia Central Office Building in downtown Detroit, Michigan
• Mall in Columbia, a shopping mall in Maryland
• Sailing Ship Columbia, a themed ride at Disneyland in California

Computer

• Columbia Blue, a standardized color combination in the Pantone Matching System
• Columbia Nuclear Generating Station in Washington
• Columbia MM, a text-based mail client developed at Columbia University
• Columbia (supercomputer)

Medical institutions

• Columbia Hospital for Women, Washington, D.C.
• Columbia Memorial Hospital Heliport, Astoria, Oregon
• Columbia Regional Hospital, Columbia Missouri
• Columbia University Medical Center, New York
• Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles, Oregon

Transportation

• Columbia Gas Transmission, a gas pipeline between the U.S. Gulf Coast and the state of New York

Roads, trails and bridges

• Columbia Parkway, an expressway in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Columbia Plateau Trail in eastern Washington State
• Columbia Pike/Columbia Turnpike, any of several in the United States
• Columbia River Highway, any of several
• Columbia Trail, a rail trail in rural northwestern New Jersey
• Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge in Pennsylvania
• Historic Columbia River Highway, Oregon
• Portland-Columbia Pedestrian Bridge a footbridge linking New Jersey and Pennsylvania
• Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge a vehicular bridge linking New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Air

• Air Columbia Heliport, a private facility in Hood River County, Oregon
• Columbia 350, aircraft (now known as the Cessna 350)
• Columbia 400, aircraft (now known as the Cessna 400)
• Columbia Air Center, a historic airfield in Maryland
• Columbia, the airplane piloted by Clarence Duncan Chamberlin as the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic
• Columbia Airport, any of several in the United States
• Columbia Aviation Heliport in Marion County, Oregon
• Columbia County Airport, a small general aviation airport in the Hudson Valley of New York
• Columbia Gorge Regional Airport, in The Dalles, Oregon
• Columbia Helicopters Heliport, a private heliport in Oregon
• Columbia Memorial Hospital Heliport in Astoria, Oregon
• Columbia Owens Downtown Airport in Columbia, South Carolina
• Mid-Columbia Medical Center Heliport in The Dalles, Oregon

Spacecraft

• Space Shuttle Columbia
• Columbia, the Command/Service Module for the Apollo 11 mission

Ships

• Columbia class cruiser, a group of two protected cruisers used by the United States Navy, 1890-91
• Columbia (yacht), any of several America's Cup race winners/contenders
• Columbia (Arrow Lakes sternwheeler)
• Columbia Rediviva, a privately-owned sloop which the Columbia River (and by extension British Columbia) is named after
• CSS Columbia, a U.S. Confederate (and later U.S. Navy) ironclad ram during the time of the Civil War
• HMCS Columbia, any of several commissioned vessels of the Canadian Navy
• Lightship Columbia, WLV-604, the first lightship on the Pacific coast of the United States, docked in Astoria, Oregon
• MV Columbia, a large passenger and automobile ferry in the Alaska Marine Highway System fleet
• Spirit of British Columbia, an S class ferry in the BC Ferries fleet
• SS Columbia, a historic excursion steamer docked in Ecorse, Michigan, United States
• SS Columbia Eagle, a merchant vessel that fell into mutiny off the coast of Cambodia in 1970
• USS Columbia, any of several ships of the US Navy

Rail

• British Columbia Electric Railway
• Southern Railway of British Columbia
• Cascade and Columbia River Railroad in the Pacific Northwest
• Columbia (Amtrak station), Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbia, another name for the 2-4-2 classification of steam locomotives
• Columbia City Station, a light-rail transit station in Seattle (under construction 2008)
• Columbia and Cowlitz Railway, a privately owned timber railway in Washington state
• Columbia Heights (Washington Metro), a station in the Washington Metro system
• Columbia and Kootenay Railway, a historic railway in British Columbia
• Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad, a historic railroad in South carolina
• Columbia Station, a station on the SkyTrain in New Westminster, British Columbia
• Columbia Railway, a historic Washington, D.C. streetcar company
• 116th Street–Columbia University Station in the New York City subway system

Media

• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Columbia TriStar Television
• Columbia Workshop, a CBS television series in the 1930s-40s

Journals and magazines

• British Columbia Magazine
• Columbia Business Law Review, a monthly journal published by students at Columbia Law School
• Columbia Human Rights Law Review, a law review published by students at Columbia Law School
• Columbia Journalism Review, a bimonthly journal published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
• Columbia Law Review, a monthly law review published by students at Columbia Law School
• Columbia Political Review, a journal published by the Columbia Political Union at Columbia University
• Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal published by students at Columbia University

Newspapers

• Columbia Basin Herald, a small local newspaper in central Washington state
• The Columbia Chronicle, a student newspaper at Columbia College Chicago
• Columbia City Paper, a tabloid newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbia Daily Spectator, a student newspaper at Columbia University, New York
• Columbia Daily Tribune, a daily newspaper in Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Missourian, a daily newspaper published by the Missouri School of Journalism
• Columbia Record, Columbia, South Carolina

Arts and culture

• Columbia/Barnard Hillel, a Jewish student organization at Columbia University
• Columbia City Jazz Dance Company in South Carolina
• Columbia-Moses, a Native American language
• Columbia Queer Alliance at Columbia University, the oldest such student organization in the United States
• Columbia Spelling Board a historic etymological organization
• Sinkiuse-Columbia Native American tribe
• Upper Columbia United Tribes, describing certain Native American peoples near the Columbia River

Film

• Columbia Film Society in Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbia Revolt, a black-and-white 1968 documentary film
• Columbia: The Tragic Loss, a 2004 documentary about the first Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon, who perished in the Columbia space shuttle accident

Libraries

• Columbia Public Library, Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia University Library System
• District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, D.C.
• University of British Columbia Library

Museums

• British Columbia Wildlife Park, a zoo
• Columbia Arts Center in Vancouver, Washington, USA
• Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science, and Technology in Richland, Washington
• Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon
• Royal British Columbia Museum in Vancouver, British Columbia

Politics

• Battle of Columbia in the United States Civil War
• British Columbia Action Party
• British Columbia Conservative Party
• British Columbia Democratic Alliance
• British Columbia Democratic Coalition
• British Columbia Liberal Party
• British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement
• British Columbia Party
• British Columbia Treaty Process
• British Columbia Unity Party
• British Columbia Utilities Commission
• Columbia-Shuswap C, British Columbia, an electoral district
• Columbia-Shuswap D, British Columbia, an electoral district
• Columbia-Revelstoke, a historic electoral district in British Columbia
• Columbia River (electoral district), an electoral district in British Columbia
• Columbia River-Revelstoke, an electoral district in British Columbia
• Columbia Basin Trust
• Columbia River Treaty
• Communist Party of British Columbia
• Council of the District of Columbia
• District of Columbia retrocession
• Executive Council of British Columbia
• Green Party of British Columbia
• Order of British Columbia, the Canadian province's highest honour
• Reform Party of British Columbia

Music

• British Columbia Pipers Association
• Columbia Concert Band in Maryland
• Columbia Country Classics, a multi-volume set of country music recordings released in 1990 by Legacy Recordings
• "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean", a U.S. patriotic song
• Columbia (song), from the 1994 Oasis album Definitely Maybe
• "Columbia", a song by Eric Johnson on his 2005 album Bloom
• "Columbia", a song by Paul van Dyk on his album Out There and Back
• Columbia Lane - the Last Sessions, an album by Australian country music singer Slim Dusty
• Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center (album), an album of electronic music released in 1961
• The Columbia River Collection, a box set of recordings by Woody Guthrie
• The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964-1970), a box set of recordings by Simon & Garfunkel
• Columbia Symphony Orchestra a former part of the Columbia Records company
• The Columbia Years, 1955-1985, a Miles Davis compilation of recordings
• The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The V-Discs, a set of recordings by Frank Sinatra
• The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings, a set of recordings by Frank Sinatra
• "Hail, Columbia", 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

Fictional uses

• Columbia, any of three fictional starships in the Star Trek syndication
• Columbia, a character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Columbia Airlines, fictional airline from Airport 1975
• Columbia, a battlestar from both the original and re-imagined versions of the Battlestar Galactica TV series
• Columbia Internet, fictional company in the User Friendly online comic strip

Sports

• British Columbia Dart Association
• British Columbia Derby
• British Columbia Hockey League
• British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League
• British Columbia Lacrosse Association
• British Columbia Lions, a Canadian Football League team
• British Columbia Mountaineering Club
• British Columbia Rugby Union
• Columbia Blowfish, a minor league baseball team
• Columbia Heat, a former USISL soccer club
• Columbia Inferno, a minor league ice hockey team
• Columbia Lions of Columbia University
• Columbia Mets, a former minor league baseball team
• Columbia Multisport club, a triathlon club in Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Olde Grey, a rugby union club
• Columbia Rottweilers, an American Basketball Association team
• Columbia Stingers, a former National Indoor Football League team
• Columbia Valley Rockies, a junior league ice hockey club in British Columbia
• Team Columbia, a professional cycling team

Other

• The British Columbia Dragoons
• British Columbia Safety Council
• Columbia Basin Project
• Columbia Restaurant, Tampa, Florida, the oldest Spanish restaurant in the U.S.

See also

• Columba (constellation)
• Columbiad, a type of large-caliber cannon from the 19th century
• Columbian (B&O), a former passenger train between Jersey City, New Jersey and Chicago, Illinois
• Columbian (passenger train), a former Milwaukee Road train between Chicago and Tacoma
• Columbiana Centre shopping mall in South Carolina
• Columbiana County, Ohio
• Columbium, former name for the element Niobium
• Saint Columba
• Saint Columbanus
• The Columbian, a daily newspaper published in Vancouver, Washington, USA
• The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues
• World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893

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