Columbus

Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian "Colombo". The name "Columbus" may refer to:

People

• Christopher Columbus, navigator, explorer, and colonizer who brought public awareness of the Americas to Europeans.
  • Bartholomew Columbus, younger brother of Christopher.
• Chris Columbus (filmmaker), American film maker
• Scott Columbus, long-time drummer for the heavy metal band Manowar
• Columbus Short, American choreographer and actor

Places

In the United States:

• Columbus, Ohio, capital city of Ohio, the 16th largest city in the United States, and best-known locale with this name
• Columbus, Alabama
• Columbus, Arkansas
• Columbus, Georgia, third largest city in Georgia
• Columbus, Illinois
• Columbus, Indiana
• Columbus, Kansas
• Columbus, Kentucky
• Columbus, Minnesota
• Columbus, Mississippi
• Columbus Air Force Base
• Columbus, Montana
• Columbus, Nebraska
• Columbus, New Jersey
• Columbus, New Mexico
• Columbus, New York
• Columbus, North Carolina
• Columbus, North Dakota
• Columbus, Texas
• Columbus, Wisconsin, a city in Columbia and Dodge counties
• Columbus (town), Wisconsin, a town in Columbia County
• Columbus City, Iowa
• Columbus Grove, Ohio
• Columbus Junction, Iowa
• Columbus Township, Adams County, Illinois
• Columbus Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana
• Columbus Township, Iowa
• Columbus Township, Luce County, Michigan
• Columbus Township, St. Clair County, Michigan
• Columbus Township, Missouri
• Columbus Township, Platte County, Nebraska
• Columbus Township, North Carolina
• Columbus Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Other

• Columbus (ISS module), the European module for the International Space Station
• Columbus (song), a song by the band Kent from their album Tillbaka till samtiden
• COLUMBUS, ab initio quantum chemistry software
• Columbus Day
• ColumBus, former name of Howard Transit in Howard County, Maryland
• Carry On Columbus, a 1992 film
• Knights of Columbus
• MS Columbus, a cruise ship owned by Hapag-Lloyd
• SS Columbus (1873), an American merchantman converted in 1878 into the Russian cruiser Asia
• SS Columbus (1924), a transatlantic ocean liner for the North German Lloyd steamship line
• SS Christopher Columbus
• USS Columbus, various ships of the US Navy
• Columbus Crew, Major League Soccer team
• Columbus Clippers, International League baseball team
• Columbus Blue Jackets, National Hockey League team
• Columbus Destroyers, Arena Football League team
• Columbus Avenue (Manhattan), a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City, also known as Ninth Avenue
• Columbus Avenue (San Francisco), a diagonal street that runs through the North Beach and Chinatown areas of San Francisco, California
• Columbus Tubing, an Italian manufacturer of bicycle frame tubing

See also

• Columbia
• St. Columba