Columbia

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Columbia (name) is a poetic name for America (in the sense of "European colonies in the New World") and the feminine personification of the United States of America; it has inspired the names of many persons, places, objects, institutions, and companies.

Columbia may also refer to:

Contents 1 Companies 2 Schools 3 Music 4 Persons 5 Places 5.1 Associated with the Columbia River 5.2 Canada 5.3 United States 5.3.1 Alaska 5.3.2 California 5.3.3 Colorado 5.3.4 Connecticut 5.3.5 District of Columbia 5.3.6 Florida 5.3.7 Georgia 5.3.8 Maryland 5.3.9 Massachusetts 5.3.10 Michigan 5.3.11 Minnesota 5.3.12 Mississippi 5.3.13 Missouri 5.3.14 Montana 5.3.15 New Hampshire 5.3.16 New Jersey 5.3.17 New York 5.3.18 North Carolina 5.3.19 North Dakota 5.3.20 Ohio 5.3.21 Oregon 5.3.22 Pennsylvania 5.3.23 South Carolina 5.3.24 Tennessee 5.3.25 Texas 5.3.26 Virginia 5.3.27 Washington 5.3.28 Wisconsin 5.4 Outside North America 6 Vehicles 6.1 Ships 6.2 Spacecraft 6.3 Other 7 Other uses 8 See also

[edit] Companies

• Columbia Aircraft, taken over by Cessna
  • Columbia 350, aircraft now known as the Cessna 350
  • Columbia 400, aircraft now known as the Cessna 400
• Columbia Aircraft Corp, originally Columbia Air Liners Inc.
• Columbia Bicycles of Hartford, Connecticut
  • Columbia Automobile Company (1899-1913), originally expanded from the bicycle line
• Columbia Brewery in Canada
• Columbia Broadcasting System, CBS radio and television networks
  • Columbia Artists Management
  • CBS Columbia Square, in Hollywood, California, West Coast home of CBS radio and television
• Columbia Comics
• Columbia Data Products
• Columbia Forest Products
• Columbia Games
• Columbia Gas Transmission, a gas pipeline between the U.S. Gulf Coast and New York
• Columbia Helicopters, based in Aurora, Oregon
• Columbia Industries
• Columbia Insurance Group
• Columbia Management Group
• Columbia Motors of Detroit, Michigan (1917-1924)
• Columbia Pictures
  • Columbia Pictures Television
    • Columbia TriStar Television
• Columbia Power Corporation, Canada
• Columbia Railway, historic Washington, D.C. streetcar company
• Columbia Records, named for the District of Columbia
  • Columbia Graphophone Company
    • Columbia Music Entertainment
  • Columbia Symphony Orchestra a former part of the Columbia Records company
• Columbia Sportswear, formerly the Columbia Hat Company
  • Team Columbia, a professional cycling team sponsored by Columbia Sportswear
• Columbia Transit, bus company serving Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia University Press, affiliated with Columbia University and publisher of Columbia Encyclopedia
• Columbia Winery
• Columbia Yachts

[edit] Schools

• Columbia University, New York City
  • Columbia College (Columbia University), the main undergraduate college
  • Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, New York City
• Columbia University, a former name of the University of Portland
• Columbia International University, Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbia College (disambiguation)
• Columbia Bible College (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
• Columbia Theological Seminary, formerly in Columbia, now in Decatur, Georgia
• Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, New York City
• Columbia High School (disambiguation)
• Columbia Independent School, Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Middle School in Grovetown, Georgia

[edit] Music

• "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean", an American patriotic song
• "Columbia", a song on the 1994 Oasis album Definitely Maybe
• "Columbia", a song by Paul van Dyk on the 2000 album Out There and Back
• "Columbia", a song on the 2005 album Bloom (Eric Johnson album)

[edit] Persons

• Al Columbia, American artist, writer and cartoonist
• Columbia, a fictional character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Columbia Lancaster (1803-1893), a delegate from the Territory of Washington

[edit] Places

[edit] Associated with the Columbia River

• Columbia River, named for the sailing ship Columbia Rediviva
• Columbia Bar, a sandbar at the mouth of the Columbia River
• Columbia Basin, the drainage basin of the Columbia River or related definitions
• Columbia District, a pre-1846 historic fur trading district in the Pacific Northwest
• Columbia Falls on the Oregon-Washington border, better known as the Celilo Falls
• Columbia Plateau, a plateau in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon
  • Columbia Plateau (ecoregion), an ecoregion named for the Columbia Plateau
• Columbia Slough in the Oregon floodplain of the Columbia River
• Columbia Country, the upper basin of the Columbia River
• Columbia Valley, the uppermost basin of the Columbia River
• Columbia Wetlands a Canadian Wildlife Service preserve in the Columbia Valley

[edit] Canada

• Cape Columbia, the northernmost land point in Canada, on Ellesmere Island
• Columbia Lake, the source of the Columbia River
• Columbia Mountains, a group of mountain ranges in British Columbia
• Columbia Icefield, between Alberta and British Columbia
• Mount Columbia (Alberta)
• Columbia Station, a station on the SkyTrain in New Westminster, British Columbia

[edit] United States

• Columbia Airport (disambiguation), in several states
• Columbia Building (disambiguation), in several states
• Columbia City, in several states
• Columbia (municipality), in several states
• Columbia Township (disambiguation), in several states
• Columbia County (disambiguation), in several states

[edit] Alaska

• Columbia Glacier (Alaska), named for Columbia University

[edit] California

• Columbia Elementary School District, Redding
• Columbia, San Diego, California, a neighborhood

[edit] Colorado

• Columbia Point, a mountain peak named for the Space Shuttle Columbia
• Mount Columbia (Colorado), named for Columbia University

[edit] Connecticut

• Columbia Turnpike (Connecticut), now mainly Connecticut Route 66

[edit] District of Columbia

• The District of Columbia, the capital of the United States
• Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C.
• Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C.
• Columbia Island (District of Columbia)
• Columbia Hospital for Women, Washington, D.C.
• Columbia Pike (Virginia), just outside Washington, D.C.
• Columbia Road

[edit] Florida

• Columbia Restaurant, Tampa, the oldest Spanish restaurant in the U.S.

[edit] Georgia

• Avondale Mall, formerly Columbia Mall, in Decatur, demolished in 2007

[edit] Maryland

• Columbia, Maryland, a planned town between Baltimore and Washington, DC
• Columbia Pike (Maryland), U.S. Route 29 from White Oak to Ellicott City
• Columbia Air Center, a historic airfield in Prince George's County
• Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase

[edit] Massachusetts

• Columbia Point (Boston), a former name of Harbor Point in Dorchester

[edit] Michigan

• Columbia Center (Troy), a pair of office towers
• Lake Columbia

[edit] Minnesota

• Columbia Heights, Minnesota
• Columbia Park, Minneapolis, a neighborhood

[edit] Mississippi

• Columbia, Mississippi
• Columbia School District (Mississippi)

[edit] Missouri

• Columbia, Missouri the home of the historic main campus of the University of Missiour
• Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Cosmopolitan Recreation Area, a regional park in Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Regional Hospital in Columbia, Missouri
• The Columbia Mall, a shopping mall in Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Multisport club, a triathlon club in Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia National Guard Armory in Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Public Library in Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Public Schools in Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Building, Kansas City, Missouri

[edit] Montana

• Columbia Falls, Montana

[edit] New Hampshire

• Columbia Bridge (New Hampshire), a covered wooden bridge in Columbia, New Hampshire

[edit] New Jersey

• Columbia Trail, a rail trail in rural northwestern New Jersey

[edit] New York

• Columbia Island (New York)
• Columbia Soccer Stadium

[edit] North Carolina

• Columbia, North Carolina

[edit] North Dakota

• Columbia Mall (Grand Forks), a shopping center

[edit] Ohio

• Columbia Building, Columbus, Ohio
• Columbia Parkway, an expressway in Cincinnati
• Columbia Station, Ohio

[edit] Oregon

• Columbia Aviation Heliport, a private heliport

[edit] Pennsylvania

• Columbia Park, a former baseball stadium in Philadelphia, named for Columbia Avenue
• Columbia Park (Altoona) a former baseball field
• Columbia Rolling Mill, a historic ironworks in Uniontown

[edit] South Carolina

• Columbia, South Carolina, the state capital city
• Columbia (Amtrak station) in Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbia Canal in Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbia Speedway in Columbia, South Carolina

[edit] Tennessee

• Battle of Columbia in the United States Civil War near Columbia, Tennessee
• Columbia, Tennessee

[edit] Texas

• Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, a NASA facility in Texas, named for the space shuttle

[edit] Virginia

• Columbia Pike (Virginia), State Route 244 in Fairfax and Arlington Counties, just outside Washington, D.C.

[edit] Washington

• Columbia Center, the tallest skyscraper in Seattle
• Columbia Glacier (Washington)
• Columbia Peak
• Camp Columbia (Hanford), a 1940s-era prison camp along the Yakima River
• Columbia Generating Station, of the United States Department of Energy Hanford Site
• Columbia Hills (Washington) a state park and area of scenic hills near the Columbia River
• Fort Columbia, state park
• Columbia Station (Wenatchee), an Amtrak facility

[edit] Wisconsin

• Columbia Correctional Institution, a maximum-security prison
• Columbia Energy Center, an electrical power station

[edit] Outside North America

• Columbia (supercontinent)
• 327 Columbia, an asteroid discovered in 1892
• Columbia Hills (Mars), a range of low hills on Mars, named for the space shuttle
• Camp Columbia, a United States Army post in Australia during World War II
• Columbia Centre in Bracknell, United Kingdom
• Columbia, Tyne and Wear, a neighborhood in Washington, Tyne and Wear County, United Kingdom

[edit] Vehicles

[edit] Ships

• Columbia (Arrow Lakes sternwheeler)
• Columbia (barque), in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company on the Columbia River and Pacific Northwest coast
• USS Columbia, any of several ships of the US Navy
  • Columbia-class cruiser, a group of two protected cruisers used by the United States Navy, 1890-91
  • CSS Columbia, a U.S. Confederate (and later U.S. Navy) ironclad ram during the time of the Civil War
• HMCS Columbia, any of several commissioned vessels of the Canadian Navy
• Columbia (yacht), any of several America's Cup race winners/contenders
• Lightship Columbia (WLV-604), the first lightship on the Pacific coast of the United States, docked in Astoria, Oregon
• MV Columbia, a large passenger and automobile ferry in the Alaska Marine Highway System fleet
• SS Columbia, a historic excursion steamer docked in Ecorse, Michigan, United States

[edit] Spacecraft

• Columbia, the Command/Service Module for the Apollo 11 mission
• Space Shuttle Columbia
• Columbia, a fictional spaceship in Wally Wood's comic story Dark Side of the Moon, published in 1950
• Columbia, a battlestar (fictional spaceship) from both versions of the Battlestar Galactica TV series
• Columbia (Star Trek), any of three fictional starships in the Star Trek syndication

[edit] Other

• Columbia JL, a large amphibian aircraft built only as three prototypes
• Columbia, the airplane piloted by Clarence Duncan Chamberlin as the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic
• Columbia, another name for the 2-4-2 classification of steam locomotives, named for an early locomotive of this type called Columbia

[edit] Other uses

• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Columbia (sheep), an American breed of sheep
• Columbia (supercomputer), named for the space shuttle
• Columbia: The Tragic Loss, a 2004 documentary about the first Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon, who perished in the Columbia space shuttle accident
• Columbia Blue, a standardized color combination in the Pantone Matching System
• Columbia MM, a text-based mail client developed at Columbia University
• Sailing Ship Columbia, a themed ride at Disneyland in California, based on the Columbia Rediviva
• Columbia Carousel, carousels in amusement parks
• Columbia Airlines, fictional airline from the film Airport 1975

[edit] See also

• Colony of British Columbia
• Colombia (disambiguation)
• Columba (disambiguation)
• Columbiad, a type of large-caliber cannon from the 19th century
• Columbian (disambiguation)
• Columbiana (disambiguation)
• Columbium, former name for the element Niobium
• Columbus (disambiguation)
• Saint Columba
• Saint Columbanus

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