Columbia

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Contents 1 Places 1.1 Places in North America 1.2 U.S. cities or towns 1.3 Other places in the U.S. 1.4 Places outside North America 2 Well-known companies 3 Educational institutions 4 Technology 5 Vehicles 5.1 Spaceships 5.2 Ships 5.3 Rail 5.4 Other 6 Fictional uses 7 Songs 8 Other 9 See also

Columbia was the first popular and poetic name for the United States, and has inspired the names of many things. For the original Columbia, see Columbia (name).

[edit] Places

[edit] Places in North America

• Columbia River
  • Upper Columbia United Tribes, certain Native American peoples near the Columbia River
• British Columbia
• District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
• 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
• Cape Columbia, northernmost point of Canada

[edit] U.S. cities or towns

• Columbia, South Carolina, the state capital
• Columbia, Alabama
• Columbia, California
• Columbia, Connecticut
• Columbia, Illinois
• Columbia, Iowa
• Columbia, Kentucky
• Columbia, Louisiana
• Columbia, Maine
• 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

[edit] 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, D.C.
• Columbia Station, Ohio
• Columbia Township, Jackson County, Michigan
• Columbia Township, Tuscola County, Michigan
• Columbia Township, Van Buren County, Michigan
• Columbia Valley Gardens, Washington
• Columbia Falls, Montana
• West Columbia, Texas

[edit] Places outside North America

• Columbia Road market, an East London street flower market

[edit] Well-known companies

• Columbia Aircraft
• Columbia Automobile Company
• Columbia Bicycles
• CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System
• Columbia Graphophone Company
• Columbia Helicopters
• 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

[edit] Educational institutions

• Columbia University
• Any of several Columbia Colleges
• Columbia Theological Seminary
• Columbia School of Broadcasting
• Columbia Union College
• University of the District of Columbia
• University of British Columbia
• University of Northern British Columbia
• British Columbia Institute of Technology

[edit] Technology

• Columbia Nuclear Generating Station in Washington
• Columbia (supercomputer), a NASA supercomputer

[edit] Vehicles

[edit] Spaceships

• Space Shuttle Columbia, the first spaceworthy space shuttle, disintegrated during reentry in 2003
• the Apollo Command/Service Module of Apollo 11

[edit] Ships

• USS Columbia, several ships of the US Navy
• HMS Columbia, several ships of the Royal Navy
• Lightship Columbia, WLV-604, the first lightship on the Pacific coast of the United States, docked in Astoria, Oregon
• SS Columbia, a historic excursion steamer docked in Ecorse, Michigan, United States
• Columbia (1871 yacht), winner of the 1871 America's Cup race
• Columbia (1899 yacht), winner of the 1899 and 1901 America's Cup races
• Spirit of British Columbia, a British Columbia ferry

[edit] Rail

• Columbia, the type 2-4-2 railroad locomotive in the Whyte notation
• 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

[edit] Other

• Columbia, airplane piloted by Clarence Duncan Chamberlin when he was the second person to solo across the Atlantic
• Columbia automobile, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (1893-1917)

[edit] 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 Airlines, fictional airline from Airport 1975
• a Battlestar from both the original and the re-imagined versions of the Battlestar Galactica T.V show
• Columbia Internet, fictional company in User Friendly online comic strip

[edit] Songs

• "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean", a historical patriotic song still occasionally sung in the U.S.
• "Columbia", a song by Eric Johnson on the 2005 album "Bloom"
• Columbia (song), a song on the 1994 Oasis album Definitely Maybe
• "Columbia", a song by Paul van Dyk on Out There And Back
• "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

[edit] Other

• Columbia (sheep), an American breed of sheep
• Columbia Center, the tallest skyscraper in Seattle
• Columbia Station, a station on the SkyTrain in New Westminster, British Columbia
• Columbia (supercontinent)
• Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, British Columbia
• World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893

[edit] See also

• Colombia
• Columbiad, a type of large-caliber cannon from the 19th century
• Columba (constellation)
• Niobium, an element formerly named Columbium
• Saint Columba
• Saint Columbanus
• The Columbian Orator

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