Definition of "Columbia"

(poetic) America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.  examples

(dated) A female personification of the United States.  examples

A river in British Columbia, Canada and in Washington and Oregon, United States, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.  examples

Several places in the United States.

1. The capital city of South Carolina, and the county seat of Richland County.  examples

2. A town in Houston County, Alabama.  examples

3. A neighborhood of San Diego, California.  examples

4. A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California.  examples

5. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.  examples

6. A city in Monroe County, Illinois.  examples

7. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Indiana.  examples

8. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa.  examples

9. A city, the county seat of Adair County, Kentucky.  examples

10. A town, the parish seat of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.  examples

11. A town in Washington County, Maine.  examples

12. A census-designated place and planned community in Howard County, Maryland.  examples

13. A city, the county seat of Marion County, Mississippi, named for the city in South Carolina.  examples

14. A city, the county seat of Boone County, Missouri.  examples

15. A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.  examples

16. A census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey.  examples

17. A town in Herkimer County, New York.  examples

18. A town, the county seat of Tyrrell County, North Carolina.  examples

19. An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.  examples

20. An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.  examples

21. A borough of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  examples

22. A city in Brown County, South Dakota.  examples

23. A city, the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee.  examples

24. An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia.  examples

25. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.  examples

26. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.  examples

Columbia University.  examples

Space Shuttle Columbia, named after the Columbia Rediviva ship.  examples

(geology) A supercontinent thought to have existed in the Paleoproterozoic.

A rural locality in northeast Queensland, Australia.  examples

Misspelling of Colombia.  examples