Columbia

Meanings

1. America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.
2. A female personification of the United States.
3. A river in British Columbia, Canada and in Washington and Oregon, United States, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.
4. District of Columbia. The federal capital region of the United States of America, including Washington, D.C.
5. Several places in the United States.
6. The capital city of South Carolina, and the county seat of Richland County.
7. A town in Houston County, Alabama.
8. A neighborhood of San Diego, California.
9. A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California.
10. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
11. A city in Monroe County, Illinois.
12. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Indiana.

Etymology

From Columbus + -ia, the Latinized name of the European explorer, Christopher Columbus. Piecewise doublet of Colombia.