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Etymology
From w:Christopher Columbus|Christopher Columbus, discoverer of the Americas.

Homophones
Colombia

Proper noun
Columbia

1. poetic America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer.
2. archaic The female personification of the USA.
3. Shortened form of w:Columbia University|Columbia University.
4. The space shuttle Columbia.
5. The capital and largest city of South Carolina.
6. A city in Missouri

Translations

Bosnian: Kolumbija f
Breton: Kolombia
Chinese: �伦�� (G�lúnb�yà)
Czech: Kolumbie
Danish: Colombia
Dutch: Colombia, Colombië
Esperanto: Kolombio
Finnish: Kolumbia
French: Colombie
German: Kolumbien
Greek: �ολομβία
Hebrew: ק������� (qolombia)
Hungarian: Kolumbia
Interlingua: Colombia
Italian: Colombia
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Japanese: ����� (Koronbia)
Korean: �롬�� (k'ol'lombia)
Norwegian: #Norwegian|Colombia
Polish: Kolumbia
Portuguese: Colômbia
Romanian: Columbia f
Russian: �ол�мби�
Serbian:
:* cyrillic: �ол�мби�а f
:* latin: Kolumbija f
Spanish: Colombia
Swedish: Colombia
Turkish: Kolombiya

Derived terms
District of Columbia
British Columbia
CBS
Columbia Records

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• 2008-01-02 06:06 - 68.187.143.46 - added a city in Missouri

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