Columbia
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Columbia may refer to:

Places

  • Columbia (name), a poetic name for the Americas, and the feminine personification of the United States of America
  • District of Columbia, the federal district in which the capital of the United States is located
  • Columbia (supercontinent)
    Columbia (supercontinent)
    Columbia, also known as Nuna and Hudsonland, was one of Earth's oldest supercontinents. It was first proposed by J.J.W. Rogers and M. Santosh and is thought to have existed approximately 1.8 to 1.5 billion years ago in the Paleoproterozoic Era. Zhao et al...

  • Columbia River
    Columbia River
    The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state...

    , in Canada and the United States
  • Columbia City (disambiguation)
  • Columbia County (disambiguation)
  • Columbia Island (disambiguation), in New York and the District of Columbia
  • Columbia Mall (disambiguation)
  • Columbia Township (disambiguation)
  • Columbia (electoral district)
    Columbia (electoral district)
    Columbia was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903. It lasted until the 1928 election, after which the revised riding was renamed Columbia River...

    , a provincial electoral district in British Columbia
  • Columbia, San Diego, California
    Columbia, San Diego, California
    Columbia is a neighborhood located in Downtown San Diego, California. The neighborhood is largely commercial, however there are a large number of highrise condominium buildings under construction....

    , a neighborhood
  • 327 Columbia
    327 Columbia
    327 Columbia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 22, 1892 in Nice....

    , an asteroid
  • Camp Columbia
    Camp Columbia
    Camp Columbia was a United States Army post located in Wacol, near Brisbane, during World War II. The Sixth US Army Headquarters was stationed here and it was an Officer Candidate School from 1942 to 1945. After World War II it served as a transit point for refugees and was used by the Australian...

    , a United States Army post in Australia during World War II

Towns and cities in the United States

  • Columbia, Alabama
    Columbia, Alabama
    Columbia is a town in Houston County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 804.-Geography:Columbia is located at . According to the U.S...

  • Columbia, California
    Columbia, California
    Columbia is a former California Gold Rush boomtown located in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The central portion of the town is preserved as a California state historic park and a National Historic Landmark that preserves the original, gold-rush-town flavor of the town, once dubbed the "Gem of the...

  • Columbia, Connecticut
    Columbia, Connecticut
    Columbia is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 4,971 at the 2000 census. Columbia was incorporated in May, 1804, from Lebanon. Columbia offers prekindergarten through 8th grade education in town at Horace W. Porter School, while high school students have a...

  • Columbia, Illinois
    Columbia, Illinois
    Columbia is a city in Monroe and St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Illinois, about south of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 7,922 at the 2000 census.-History:...

  • Columbia, Fayette County, Indiana
    Columbia, Fayette County, Indiana
    Columbia is an unincorporated town in Columbia Township, Fayette County, Indiana....

  • Columbia, Iowa
    Columbia, Iowa
    Columbia is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa, United States....

  • Columbia, Kentucky
    Columbia, Kentucky
    Columbia is a city in Adair County, Kentucky, United States, just above Russell Creek. The area was settled around 1802 by Daniel Trabue. The post office was opened on April 1, 1806 by John Field, who also ran a local store. The population was 4,014 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of...

  • Columbia, Louisiana
    Columbia, Louisiana
    Columbia is a town in and the parish seat of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 477 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Columbia is located at ....

  • Columbia, Maine
    Columbia, Maine
    Columbia is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 459 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of . of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:...

  • Columbia, Maryland
    Columbia, Maryland
    Columbia is a planned community that consists of ten self-contained villages, located in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It began with the idea that a city could enhance its residents' quality of life. Creator and developer James W. Rouse saw the new community in terms of human values, not...

  • Columbia, Mississippi
    Columbia, Mississippi
    Columbia is a city in Marion County, Mississippi, United States, which was formed six years before Mississippi was admitted to statehood. Columbia was named for Columbia, South Carolina, from which many of the early settlers had migrated. The population was 6,603 as of the 2000 census. It is the...

  • Columbia, Missouri
    Columbia, Missouri
    Columbia is the fifth-largest city in Missouri, and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. With a population of 108,500 as of the 2010 Census, it is the principal municipality of the Columbia Metropolitan Area, a region of 164,283 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the...

    • Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Area
      Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Area
      The Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties—Boone and Howard—in central Missouri, anchored by the city of Columbia...

  • Columbia, New Hampshire
    Columbia, New Hampshire
    Columbia is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 757 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Berlin, NH–VT micropolitan statistical area.-History:...

  • Columbia, New Jersey
    Columbia, New Jersey
    Columbia is a census-designated place within Knowlton Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07832.As of the United States 2010 Census, the population for Columbia was 229....

  • Columbia, New York
    Columbia, New York
    Columbia is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 1,630 .The Town of Columbia is at the south border of the county and is southeast of Utica.-History:...

  • Columbia, North Carolina
    Columbia, North Carolina
    Columbia is a town in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 819 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Tyrrell County.-Geography:...

  • Columbia, Pennsylvania
    Columbia, Pennsylvania
    Columbia, once colonial Wright's Ferry, is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 28 miles southeast of Harrisburg on the left bank Susquehanna River across from Wrightsville and York County. Originally, the area may have been called Conejohela Flats, for the many islands and islets in the...

  • Columbia, South Carolina
    Columbia, South Carolina
    Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...

    , the largest city on this list.
    • Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area
      Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan area
      As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and used by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, the Columbia Metropolitan Statistical Area, is an area consisting of six counties in central South Carolina, anchored by the city of Columbia. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had...

  • Columbia, South Dakota
    Columbia, South Dakota
    Columbia is a city in Brown County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 136 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Columbia is located at ....

  • Columbia, Tennessee
    Columbia, Tennessee
    Columbia is a city in Maury County, Tennessee, United States. The 2008 population was 34,402 according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. It is the county seat of Maury County....

  • Columbia, Virginia
    Columbia, Virginia
    Columbia is a town in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the James and Rivanna Rivers. The population was 49 at the 2000 census, making it Virginia's smallest incorporated town...

  • Columbia, Wisconsin
    Columbia, Wisconsin
    Columbia is an unincorporated community located in the town of Hewett, Clark County, Wisconsin, United States....

  • Columbia, former name of Romney, Indiana
    Romney, Indiana
    Romney is an unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County in the U.S. state of Indiana. Originally named Columbia, Romney received its present name from the community of Romney in West Virginia....

  • Columbia, former name of Etna, New York
    Etna, New York
    Etna is an unincorporated community in Tompkins County, New York. It lies at an elevation of 1020 feet ....


Music and entertainment

  • Columbia Records
    Columbia Records
    Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

    , an American record label founded in 1888, now owned by Sony Music Entertainment
    • Columbia Symphony Orchestra
      Columbia Symphony Orchestra
      The Columbia Symphony Orchestra was an orchestra formed by Columbia Records. It provided a vehicle for some of Columbia's better known recording artists to record using only company resources.-Bruno Walter:...

      , a former part of the Columbia Records company
  • Columbia Graphophone Company
    Columbia Graphophone Company
    The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom. Under EMI, as Columbia Records, it became a very successful label in the 1950s and 1960s...

    , a now-defunct British record company and label
  • Columbia Music Entertainment
    Columbia Music Entertainment
    is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as . It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK Columbia trademarks in 1931. The company changed its name to Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. in 1946. It used the Nippon Columbia name until...

    , a Japanese record company
  • Columbia Pictures
    Columbia Pictures
    Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...

    • Columbia Pictures Television
      Columbia Pictures Television
      Columbia Pictures Television was the second name of the Columbia Pictures television division Screen Gems . The studio changed its name on September 4, 1974.-1974-1982:...

      • CBS Columbia Square
        CBS Columbia Square
        CBS Columbia Square, located at 6121 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, was the home of CBS's Los Angeles radio and television operations from 1938 until 2007. The building housed the CBS Radio Network's West Coast facilities, as well as CBS' original Los Angeles radio...

        , in Hollywood, California, West Coast home of CBS radio and television
      • Columbia TriStar Television
        Columbia TriStar Television
        Columbia TriStar Television was the third name of the television studio Screen Gems, named after its then-current 1991 home video division....

  • Columbia Broadcasting System, CBS radio and television networks
    • Columbia Artists Management
      Columbia Artists Management
      Columbia Artists Management is an international leader in managing the careers and touring activities of the world's most prominent performing artists and institutions.Led by Chairman and CEO Ronald A...


Other

  • Columbia Aircraft
    Columbia Aircraft
    The Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer that designed and built light general aviation aircraft. In November 2007 it became a division of Cessna.-History:...

    , taken over by Cessna
  • Columbia Aircraft Corp
    Columbia Aircraft Corp
    The Columbia Aircraft Corp was a United States aircraft manufacturer, which was active between 1927 and 1947.-Formation and operations:Columbia Aircraft was founded in December 1927 by Charles A. Levine as chairman and the aircraft designer Giuseppe Mario Bellanca as president. The initial name...

    , originally Columbia Air Liners Inc.
  • Columbia Bicycles of Hartford, Connecticut
    • Columbia Automobile Company
      Columbia Automobile Company
      The Columbia Automobile Company was a leading early Hartford, Connecticut, United States manufacturer of automobiles.The Columbia Automobile Company was created as a joint venture of the Motor Vehicle Division of the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut, and the Electric Vehicle...

       (1899–1913), originally expanded from the bicycle line
  • Columbia Brewery
    Columbia Brewery
    The Columbia Brewery, located in Creston, British Columbia, was once a part of the Fort Steele Brewery which opened in 1898 by brewmaster Albert Mutz...

     in Canada
  • Columbia Comics
    Columbia Comics
    The Columbia Comics Corporation was formed in 1940 as a partnership between Vin Sullivan and the McNaught Newspaper Syndicate. The idea was to publish comics featuring a mix of McNaught-owned comic strip reprints like Joe Palooka and Charlie Chan as well as original features.The first title...

  • Columbia Data Products
    Columbia Data Products
    Columbia Data Products introduced the MPC 1600 "Multi Personal Computer" in June 1982. It was an exact functional copy of the IBM PC model 5150 except for the BIOS which was clean roomed...

  • Columbia Forest Products
    Columbia Forest Products
    Columbia Forest Products is the largest manufacturer of hardwood veneer and hardwood plywood in the United States. Founded in 1957, it is headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina. It specializes in decorative, interior veneers and plywood panels that are used in high-end cabinetry, fine...

  • Columbia Games
    Columbia Games
    Columbia Games is a maker of board and role-playing games including Hârn and a variety of games, mostly wargames using blocks instead of the more conventional chits...

  • Columbia Gas Transmission
    Columbia Gas Transmission
    Columbia Gas Transmission is a natural gas pipeline that gathers gas in the Gulf of Mexico and transports it to New York. It is owned by NiSource. Its FERC code is 21....

    , a gas pipeline between the U.S. Gulf Coast and New York
  • Columbia Helicopters
    Columbia Helicopters
    Columbia Helicopters, Incorporated, or CHI, is an aircraft manufacturing and operator company based in Aurora, Oregon, United States. They are known for operating tandem rotor helicopters; in present times, exclusively the Boeing Vertol 107 and Boeing 234. These helicopters are used in...

    , based in Aurora, Oregon
  • Columbia Industries
    Columbia Industries
    Columbia Industries was a company involved in the manufacture and sales of bowling balls and ten-pin bowling-related accessories. Their most notable brand name was Columbia 300, which produced some of the most well-known balls in the sport. In February 2007, Columbia announced that it had been...

  • Columbia Insurance Group
    Columbia Insurance Group
    Columbia Mutual Insurance Company is the parent company of a group of five property and casualty insurance companies operating as the Columbia Insurance Group. The group of companies primarily focus on insuring businesses but, also, insure farms, homes and cars. The company is licensed in 30...

  • Columbia Management Group
    Columbia Management Group
    Columbia Management Group was purchased by Ameriprise Financial from Bank of America. It is the seventh largest long-term asset manager in the U.S. with $355 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2010...

  • Columbia Motors
    Columbia Motors
    Columbia Motors was a Detroit, Michigan, United States based automobile manufacturer which produced automobiles from 1917-1924.Columbia Motors was incorporated in 1916, with J. G...

     of Detroit, Michigan (1917–1924)
  • Columbia Power Corporation
    Columbia Power Corporation
    Columbia Power Corporation is a Crown Corporation, owned by the province of British Columbia, Canada. Its mandate is to undertake power projects in the Columbia River region of British Columbia....

    , Canada
  • Columbia Railway
    Columbia Railway
    The Columbia Railway was the third streetcar company to operate in Washington, D.C. It was incorporated and started operations in 1870, running from the Treasury Building along H Street NW/NE to the city boundary at 15th Street NE. It switched to cable power in 1895 and then electric power in...

    , historic Washington, D.C. streetcar company
  • Columbia Sportswear
    Columbia Sportswear
    Columbia Sportswear Company is a United States company that manufactures and distributes outerwear and sportswear. It was founded in 1938 by the late Paul Lamfrom, father of present chairperson Gert Boyle. The company is headquartered in Washington County, Oregon, in an unincorporated part of the...

    , formerly the Columbia Hat Company
    • Team Columbia, a professional cycling team sponsored by Columbia Sportswear
  • Columbia Transit
    Columbia Transit
    Columbia Transit is a city-owned public bus system that serves the city of Columbia, Missouri. The system operates Monday through Saturday, except on major holidays...

    , bus company serving Columbia, Missouri
  • Columbia University Press
    Columbia University Press
    Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by James D. Jordan and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fields of literary and cultural studies, history, social work, sociology,...

    , affiliated with Columbia University and publisher of Columbia Encyclopedia

Music

  • "Columbia", a song on the 1994 Oasis album Definitely Maybe
    Definitely Maybe
    Definitely Maybe is the debut album by English rock band Oasis, released in August 1994. It was an immediate commercial and critical success in the UK, having followed on the heels of singles "Supersonic", "Shakermaker" and "Live Forever"....

  • "Columbia", a song by Paul van Dyk on the 2000 album Out There and Back
    Out There and Back
    Out There and Back is the third studio album by Paul van Dyk. It was released in 2000 and is the first album released on his own Vandit record label. It can be seen as Paul van Dyk's breakthrough album. Several editions include a bonus CD.-Track listing:...

  • "Columbia", a song on Bloom
    Bloom (Eric Johnson album)
    Bloom is Eric Johnson's fifth studio release, released in June 2005. It was the first studio release since his 1996 album Venus Isle almost nine years prior...

  • Columbia: Live at Missouri University
    Columbia: Live at Missouri University
    Columbia: Live at Missouri University 4/25/93, is a reunion live album by American power pop group Big Star recorded and released in 1993 by original Big Star members Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens together with The Posies members Jonathan Auer and Ken Stringfellow...

    , a 1993 live album by American power pop group Big Star
  • "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean", an American patriotic song
  • "Hail, Columbia
    Hail, Columbia
    "Hail, Columbia" is an American patriotic song. It was considered, with several other songs, one of the unofficial national anthems of the United States until 1931, when "The Star-Spangled Banner" was officially named the national anthem...

    ", an American patriotic song and unofficial national anthem until 1931

People

  • Al Columbia
    Al Columbia
    Al Columbia is an American cartoonist, illustrator, writer, photographer, musician, and filmmaker.-Big Numbers controversy:At the age of 19 Columbia was hired to work as an assistant to Bill Sienkiewicz on Alan Moore's Big Numbers series...

    , American artist, writer and cartoonist
  • Columbia Lancaster
    Columbia Lancaster
    Columbia Lancaster was a Delegate from the Territory of Washington.-Early life:Born in New Milford, Connecticut, Lancaster moved with his family to Canfield, Ohio, in 1817. There he attended the common schools before he moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1824...

     (1803–1893), a delegate from the Territory of Washington
  • Columbia, a fictional character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
    The Rocky Horror Picture Show
    The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the 1975 film adaptation of the British rock musical stageplay, The Rocky Horror Show, written by Richard O'Brien. The film is a parody of B-movie, science fiction and horror films of the late 1940s through early 1970s. Director Jim Sharman collaborated on the...


Schools

  • Columbia University
    Columbia University
    Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

    , New York City
    • Columbia College (Columbia University), the first main undergraduate college
    • Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science, the second main undergraduate college
    • Columbia University School of General Studies
      Columbia University School of General Studies
      The School of General Studies, commonly known as General Studies or simply GS, is one of the three official undergraduate colleges at Columbia University. It is a highly selective Ivy League undergraduate liberal arts college designed for non-traditional students and confers Bachelor of Art and...

      , the undergraduate college for non-traditional students
    • Columbia Law School
      Columbia Law School
      Columbia Law School, founded in 1858, is one of the oldest and most prestigious law schools in the United States. A member of the Ivy League, Columbia Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Columbia University in New York City. It offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in...

      , New York City
    • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
      Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
      Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, often known as P&S, is a graduate school of Columbia University that is located on the health sciences campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan...

      , New York City
    • Teachers College, Columbia University
      Teachers College, Columbia University
      Teachers College, Columbia University is a graduate school of education located in New York City, New York...

      , New York City
    • Columbia Business School
      Columbia Business School
      Columbia Business School is the business school of Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1916 to provide business training and professional preparation for undergraduate and graduate Columbia University students...

      , New York City
      • Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
        Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
        The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information is one of several research centers for Columbia Business School, focusing on strategy, management, and policy issues in telecommunications, computing, and electronic mass media...

        , New York City
  • Columbia International University
    Columbia International University
    Columbia International University is a Christian institution of higher education located in Columbia, South Carolina. The university is recognized for its emphasis upon spiritual formation, biblical authority and world evangelization.-History:...

    , Columbia, South Carolina
  • Columbia College (disambiguation)
  • Columbia Bible College (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
    Columbia Bible College (Abbotsford, British Columbia)
    Columbia Bible College is an institution of higher education in Abbotsford, British Columbia. The college states that its mission is to prepare people for a life of discipleship, service and ministry...

  • Columbia Theological Seminary
    Columbia Theological Seminary
    Columbia Theological Seminary is one of the ten theological institutions affiliated with the Presbyterian Church . It is located in Decatur, Georgia. Dr. Stephen A. Hayner is the seminary's president.-Description:...

    , formerly in Columbia, now in Decatur, Georgia
  • Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
    Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
    Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School is the oldest non-sectarian private school in the United States, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan , in New York City, New York...

    , New York City
  • Columbia High School (disambiguation)
  • Columbia Independent School
    Columbia Independent School
    Columbia Independent School is a private school in Columbia, Missouri that serves 314 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The school's curriculum puts a unique emphasis upon "global studies".-History:...

    , Columbia, Missouri
  • Columbia Middle School in Grovetown, Georgia
  • Columbia University, a former name of the University of Portland
    University of Portland
    The University of Portland is a private Roman Catholic university located in Portland, Oregon. It is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross and is the sister school of the University of Notre Dame. Founded in 1901, UP has a student body of about 3,600 students...


School districts

  • Columbia Elementary School District
    Columbia Elementary School District
    Columbia Elementary School District, located in Redding, California, is a school district on Redding's far east side. It is home to one elementary school and one middle school. Frank Adelman is the superintendent. Mike Freeman is the principal of the middle school.**...

    , Redding, California
  • Columbia School District (Mississippi)
    Columbia School District (Mississippi)
    The Columbia School District is a public school district based in Columbia, Mississippi .-Schools:*Columbia High School *Jefferson Middle School *Columbia Elementary School *Columbia Primary School 2-3...

  • Columbia Public Schools
    Columbia Public Schools
    The Columbia Public School District is centered in Columbia, Missouri and serves much of Boone County, Missouri. The district is Accredited with Distinction by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. It serves 18,070 students as of 2011 making it the tenth-largest district...

    , Columbia, Missouri

Ships

  • Columbia (Arrow Lakes sternwheeler)
    Columbia (Arrow Lakes sternwheeler)
    Columbia was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia from 1890 to 1894. Columbia should be distinguished from the many other vessels with the same or similar names, including in particular the propeller-driven steamboat Columbia that ran on the Arrow Lakes for many...

  • Columbia (barque)
    Columbia (barque)
    The Columbia was a 310 ton, 6 gun barque in the service of the Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company on the Columbia River and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest in the 1830s and 1840s. The vessel's complement of crew was 24 men....

    , in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company on the Columbia River and Pacific Northwest coast
  • USS Columbia
    USS Columbia
    Nine United States Navy ships have been named USS Columbia, after the personification of the United States, also after the city of Columbia, South Carolina....

    , any of several ships of the US Navy
  • Columbia class cruiser
    Columbia class cruiser
    The Columbia class cruisers were a group of two protected cruisers constructed in 1890 and 1891 and used by the United States Navy.-Class history:The Columbia class cruisers were designed for the purpose of commerce destruction...

    , a group of two protected cruisers used by the United States Navy, 1890–91
  • CSS Columbia
    CSS Columbia
    CSS Columbia was an ironclad ram in the Confederate States Navy and later in the United States Navy.-As CSS Columbia:Columbia was constructed under contract at Charleston, South Carolina in 1864, of yellow pine and white oak with iron fastenings and 6 inch iron plating. Hull work was done by F. M....

    , a Confederate (and later U.S. Navy) ironclad ram during the Civil War
  • HMCS Columbia
    HMCS Columbia
    Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Columbia. was a that was originally commissioned as until transfer to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1940 by way of the Royal Navy. was a that served in the RCN and Canadian Forces from 1959-1974....

    , any of several commissioned vessels of the Canadian Navy
  • Lightship Columbia
    Lightship Columbia
    United States lightship Columbia is a lightship located in Astoria, Oregon, United States of America. The Columbia was formerly moored near the mouth of the Columbia River.-History:...

    , 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
    SS Columbia
    The SS Columbia is one of two remaining excursion steamships from the turn of the 20th century in existence, the second being her running mate, and sister ship the SS Ste. Claire. Both were designed by Frank E. Kirby and Louis O. Keil...

    , a historic excursion steamer docked in Ecorse, Michigan, United States
  • Columbia Rediviva
    Columbia Rediviva
    Columbia Rediviva was a privately owned ship under the command of John Kendrick, along with Captain Robert Gray, best known for going to the Pacific Northwest for the maritime fur trade. The "Rediviva" was added to her name upon a rebuilding in 1787...

    , a ship under Captain Robert Gray, best known for going to the Pacific Northwest of America


Winners of the America's Cup
  • Columbia (1871 yacht)
    Columbia (1871 yacht)
    Columbia was the successful defender of the second America's Cup race in 1871 against English challenger Livonia.-Design:Columbia, a wooden centerboard schooner, was designed and built in 1871 by Joseph B. Van Deusen in Chester, PA for owner Franklin Osgood of the New York Yacht...

    , the 1871 America's Cup winner
  • Columbia (1899 yacht)
    Columbia (1899 yacht)
    Columbia was the defender of the tenth America's Cup race in 1899 against British challenger Shamrock as well as the defender of the eleventh America's Cup race in 1901 against British challenger, Shamrock II...

    , the 1899 and 1901 America's Cup winner
  • Columbia (1958 yacht), the 1958 America's Cup
    1958 America's Cup
    The 1958 America's Cup marked the first Cup match sailed in 12-metre class yachts. With twenty years having gone by since the last Cup match in 1937 the New York Yacht Club looked for a cheaper alternative to the J-class yachts in order to restart interest in the Cup. In 1956 Henry Sears lead an...

     winner

Other

  • Space Shuttle Columbia
    Space Shuttle Columbia
    Space Shuttle Columbia was the first spaceworthy Space Shuttle in NASA's orbital fleet. First launched on the STS-1 mission, the first of the Space Shuttle program, it completed 27 missions before being destroyed during re-entry on February 1, 2003 near the end of its 28th, STS-107. All seven crew...

    • Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
      Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
      The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the death of all seven crew members...

  • Columbia, the Command/Service Module for the Apollo 11
    Apollo 11
    In early 1969, Bill Anders accepted a job with the National Space Council effective in August 1969 and announced his retirement as an astronaut. At that point Ken Mattingly was moved from the support crew into parallel training with Anders as backup Command Module Pilot in case Apollo 11 was...

    mission
  • Columbia JL, a large amphibian aircraft built only as three prototypes
  • Wright-Bellanca WB-2 Columbia, the airplane piloted by Clarence Duncan Chamberlin, the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic
  • Columbia, another name for the 2-4-2
    2-4-2
    Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-4-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

     classification of steam locomotives, named for an early locomotive of this type called Columbia

In fiction

  • Columbia (Star Trek), a fictional starship in the series Star Trek: Enterprise
  • Columbia, a fictional battlestar from both versions of the Battlestar Galactica TV series

Publications

  • Columbia Encyclopedia
    Columbia Encyclopedia
    The Columbia Encyclopedia is a one-volume encyclopedia produced by Columbia University Press and sold by the Gale Group. First published in 1935, and continuing its important relationship with Columbia University, the encyclopedia underwent major revisions in 1950 and 1963; the current edition is...

    , one-volume encyclopedia published by Columbia University Press
  • Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art
    Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art
    Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art is an American annual literary journal founded in 1977. It is entirely edited, designed, and produced by students. The journal is based at Columbia University in New York City. It publishes new fiction, essays and poetry each year. Work that appeared in...

    , annual literary journal founded in 1977 and published by Columbia University

Other uses

  • Columbia (sheep)
    Columbia (sheep)
    The Columbia is one of the first breeds of sheep developed in the United States. The product of USDA and university research, it was intended to be an improved breed specially built for the Western ranges of the country . Beginning in 1912 in Laramie, Wyoming, Lincoln rams were crossed with...

    , an American breed of sheep
  • Columbia (supercomputer)
    Columbia (supercomputer)
    Named in honor of the crew who died in the Columbia disaster, Columbia is a supercomputer built by Silicon Graphics for NASA. Its main purpose was to simulate the violent collision and merger of spiral galaxies that lead to the formation of elliptical galaxies...

    , named for the space shuttle
  • Columbia Carousel
    Columbia Carousel
    Carousel Columbia is a pair of double-decked carousels at Six Flags Great America and at California's Great America...

    , carousels in amusement parks
  • Sailing Ship Columbia
    Sailing Ship Columbia
    The Sailing Ship Columbia, located at the Disneyland park in Anaheim, California, is a full-scale replica of Columbia Rediviva, the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe. Its passengers embark on a scenic, 12-minute journey around the Rivers of America...

    , a themed ride at Disneyland in California
  • Columbia (BioShock), a fictional location in the video game BioShock Infinite

See also

  • Colombia (disambiguation)
    Colombia (disambiguation)
    -Former nations:* Gran Colombia, a former nation, officially the Republic of Colombia, 1819-1831* United States of Colombia a former name for Colombia, 1863-1886-Cities, towns, and communities:* Colombia, Nuevo León a planned community in Mexico...

  • Columba (disambiguation)
    Columba (disambiguation)
    Columba was an Irish Christian saint who evangelized Scotland.Columba may also refer to:-People:* Columba the Virgin* Columba of Sens* Columba of Spain* Columba of Rieti* Columba of Terryglass-Given name:...

  • Columbiad
    Columbiad
    The Columbiad was a large caliber, smoothbore, muzzle loading cannon able to fire heavy projectiles at both high and low trajectories. This feature enabled the columbiad to fire solid shot or shell to long ranges, making it an excellent seacoast defense weapon for its day...

    , a type of large-caliber cannon from the 19th century
  • Columbian (disambiguation)
  • Columbiana (disambiguation)
  • Columbus (disambiguation)
  • Saint Columba
    Saint Columba
    -Saints:* Columba , Irish Christian saint who evangelized Scotland* Columba the Virgin, also known as Saint Columba of Cornwall* Columba of Sens* Columba of Spain* Columba of Terryglass* Sancta Columba -Schools:...

  • Saint Columbanus
  • Columbium, former name for the element Niobium
    Niobium
    Niobium or columbium , is a chemical element with the symbol Nb and atomic number 41. It's a soft, grey, ductile transition metal, which is often found in the pyrochlore mineral, the main commercial source for niobium, and columbite...

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