Columbia


Columbia


Columbia most often refers to:

  • Columbia (personification), the historical personification of the United States
  • Columbia University, an elite private university in New York City
  • Columbia Pictures, an American film studio owned by Sony Pictures
  • Columbia Sportswear, an American clothing company

Columbia may also refer to:

Places

North America

Natural features

  • Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest
  • Columbia River, in Canada and the United States
    • Columbia Bar, a sandbar in the estuary of the Columbia River
    • Columbia Country, the region of British Columbia encompassing the northern portion of that river's upper reaches
      • Columbia Valley, a region within the Columbia Country
    • Columbia Lake, a lake at the head of the Columbia River
      • Columbia Wetlands, a protected area near Columbia Lake
    • Columbia Slough, along the Columbia watercourse near Portland, Oregon
  • Glacial Lake Columbia, a proglacial lake in Washington state
  • Columbia Icefield, in the Canadian Rockies
  • Columbia Island (District of Columbia), in the Potomac River
  • Columbia Island (New York), in Long Island Sound

Populated places

  • Columbia City (disambiguation)
  • Columbia County (disambiguation)
  • District of Columbia (disambiguation), including "Columbia District"
  • Columbia Township (disambiguation)
  • Mount Columbia (disambiguation)

Canada

  • British Columbia, a province of Canada
  • Columbia District, a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading district in the Pacific Northwest
  • Columbia, British Columbia, a former city in Canada
  • Columbia (electoral district), formerly in British Columbia, Canada, 1903–1928
  • Columbia Street, New Westminster, the main downtown street of that city, in British Columbia, Canada

United States

  • District of Columbia, the United States' capital district
  • Columbia, Alabama, a town
  • Columbia, Arizona, a populated place
  • Columbia, California, a census-designated place and former boomtown
  • Columbia, San Diego, California, a neighborhood
  • Columbia, Connecticut, a town
  • Columbia, Illinois, a city
  • Columbia, Fayette County, Indiana, an unincorporated town
  • Columbia, Iowa, an unincorporated community
  • Columbia, Kentucky, a city
  • Columbia, Louisiana, a town
  • Columbia, Maine, a town
  • Columbia, Maryland, a planned community
  • Columbia, Michigan, a village
  • Columbia, Mississippi, a city
  • Columbia, Missouri, a city
    • Columbia metropolitan area (Missouri)
  • Columbia, New Hampshire, a town
  • Columbia, New Jersey, a census-designated place
  • Columbia, New York, a town
  • Columbia, North Carolina, a town
  • Columbia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
  • Columbia, Williams County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
  • Columbia, Pennsylvania, a borough
  • Columbia, South Carolina, the capital of South Carolina
    • Columbia metropolitan area (South Carolina)
  • Columbia, South Dakota, a city
  • Columbia, Tennessee, a city
  • Columbia, Virginia, a town
  • Columbia (Richmond, Virginia), a historic home
  • Camp Columbia (Hanford), Washington state, a prison camp during and after World War II
  • Columbia, West Virginia
  • Columbia, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
  • Columbia, former name of Romney, Indiana, an unincorporated community
  • Columbia, former name of Etna, New York, an unincorporated community
  • Columbia, former name of West Columbia, Texas, a city

Elsewhere

  • Columbia, Queensland, a locality in Australia
  • Camp Columbia (Wacol), Queensland, Australia, during World War II
  • Columbia, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, a village subdivision of the town of Washington
  • Columbia (supercontinent), a prehistoric supercontinent
  • 327 Columbia, an asteroid

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional elements

  • Columbia (BioShock), a city in the video game BioShock Infinite
  • Columbia, a character in the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • Columbia Airlines, from the movie Airport 1975

Music

  • Columbia, a style of Cuban rumba
  • Columbia: Live at Missouri University, a 1993 live album by American power pop group Big Star
  • "Columbia" (Oasis song), a song on the 1994 album Definitely Maybe
  • "Columbia", a song on the 2000 album Out There and Back by Paul van Dyk
  • "Columbia", a song on the 2005 album Bloom by Eric Johnson

Publications

  • Columbia Encyclopedia, one-volume encyclopedia published by Columbia University Press
  • Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, annual literary journal published by Columbia University
  • Columbia Magazine, an alumni magazine published by Columbia University
  • Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History, quarterly magazine published by the Washington State Historical Society
  • Columbia, a magazine published by the Knights of Columbus
  • Columbia Magazine, an online magazine published in Columbia, Kentucky

Companies

Arts and media companies

  • Columbia Amusement Company, an American burlesque chain that operated from 1902 to 1927
  • Columbia Artists Management, an international talent management agency
  • Columbia Broadcasting System, original name of American broadcast network, CBS; initially Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (1927–1928), then Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (1928–1974), now CBS Inc. (1974–present)
  • Columbia Comics, an American comic book publisher
  • Columbia Games, an American board game company
  • Columbia Graphophone Company, a British record company and label from 1922 to 1973
  • Columbia House, an American mail-order media company
  • Nippon Columbia, formerly Columbia Music Entertainment, a Japanese record company
  • Columbia Records, an American record label founded in 1888, owned since 1988 by Sony Music Entertainment
  • Columbia University Press, affiliated with Columbia University and publisher of Columbia Encyclopedia

Transportation companies

  • Columbia Aircraft, American manufacturer active 1995-2007, taken over by Cessna
  • Columbia Aircraft Corporation, American manufacturer active 1927-1947, originally Columbia Air Liners Inc.
  • Columbia Bicycles of Hartford, Connecticut
    • Columbia (automobile brand) (1899–1913), originally expanded from the bicycle line
  • Columbia Helicopters, based in Aurora, Oregon
  • Columbia Motors of Detroit, Michigan (1917–1924)
  • Columbia Railway, a historic Washington, D.C. streetcar company
  • Columbia Transit (COMO Connect), a bus company serving Columbia, Missouri
  • Columbia Transportation, the university bus system of Columbia University

Other companies

  • Columbia Brewery in Canada
  • Columbia Data Products, a software company in Florida
  • Columbia Forest Products, a forest manufacturing company in North Carolina
  • Columbia Gas Transmission, a gas pipeline between the U.S. Gulf Coast and New York
  • Columbia Industries, a bowling manufacturing company
  • Columbia Insurance Group, an insurance company
  • Columbia Management Group, a financial services company
  • Columbia Mining Company, amalgamated in 2001 with Teck Resources as Teck-Cominco
  • Columbia Power Corporation, Canada
  • Columbia Restaurant, Florida

People

  • Al Columbia (born 1970), American artist, writer and cartoonist
  • Columbia Eneutseak (or Nancy Columbia; 1893–1959), American actress and screenwriter
  • Columbia Lancaster (1803–1893), a delegate from the Territory of Washington

Schools

    • Columbia Lions, athletic teams representing the university
  • 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
  • Columbia University, a former name of the University of Portland

School districts

  • Columbia Elementary School District, Redding, California
  • Columbia School District (Mississippi)
  • Columbia Public Schools, Columbia, Missouri

Aircraft and spacecraft

  • Space Shuttle Columbia
    • Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
  • Command Module Columbia, the Command/Service Module for the Apollo 11 mission
  • Columbia XJL, a large amphibian aircraft built only as three prototypes

Ships

Naval vessels

  • 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 Confederate (and later U.S. Navy) ironclad ram during the Civil War
  • HMCS Columbia, any of several commissioned vessels of the Royal Canadian Navy

America's Cup yachts

  • Columbia (1871 yacht)
  • Columbia (1899 yacht)
  • Columbia (1958 yacht)

Other ships

  • Columbia (Arrow Lakes sternwheeler)
  • Columbia (barque), in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company on the Columbia River and along the Pacific Northwest Coast
  • Columbia (collapsed paddle steamer), a paddle steamer excursion boat which sank on the Illinois River in July 1918
  • Columbia (sidewheeler 1850), a steamboat in 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
  • SS Columbia (1880), a coastal passenger liner which made the first commercial use of Edison's light bulb
  • SS Columbia (1889), an ocean liner, later renamed Rapido, a cruiser for the Spanish Navy
  • United States lightship Columbia (WLV-604), the first lightship on the Pacific Coast of the United States, docked in Astoria, Oregon
  • Columbia Rediviva, commonly known as the Columbia, a maritime fur trade vessel

Other uses

  • Columbia Carousel, carousels in amusement parks
  • Columbia sheep, an American breed
  • Columbia (supercomputer), named for the space shuttle
  • Columbia, another name for the 2-4-2 classification of steam locomotives
  • Sailing Ship Columbia, a themed ride at Disneyland
  • Team Columbia, a professional cycling team sponsored by Columbia Sportswear
  • Columbia (Hewlett-Packard), a codename for the HP OmniGo 700LX palmtop PC

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Columbia or Columbias
  • All pages with titles beginning with Columbia
  • Miss Columbia (disambiguation)
  • Columbia Center (disambiguation)
  • Columbia Mall (disambiguation)
  • Columbia TriStar (disambiguation)
  • Colombia (disambiguation)
  • Colombian (disambiguation)
  • Colombiana (disambiguation)
  • Colombo (disambiguation)
  • Columba (disambiguation)
  • Columbiad, a type of large-caliber cannon from the 19th century
  • Columbian (disambiguation)
  • Columbiana (disambiguation)
  • Columbus (disambiguation)
  • Columba, saint
  • Columbanus, saint
  • Columbium, former name for the element Niobium

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: Columbia by Wikipedia (Historical)



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