Columbia

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

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.