Columbia

Columbia is a poetic name for the United States and its 19th century female personification, which inspired related uses such as the former unofficial U.S. national anthems Columbia, Gem of the Ocean and Hail, Columbia. It is also the name of the capital of the United States, Washington, District of Columbia.

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Places in North America named Columbia include:

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• Columbia River
• British Columbia
• District of Columbia
• Mt. Columbia in Colorado
• Mt. Columbia in Alberta
• Columbia Glacier in Alaska
• Columbia Glacier and Columbia Peak in Washington

The largest U.S. city named Columbia is Columbia, South Carolina (that state's capital); other cities by that name include

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Columbia, Connecticut

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, Columbia, Illinois

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, Columbia, Maryland

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, Columbia, Mississippi

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, Columbia, Missouri

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, Columbia, New Jersey

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, Columbia, New York

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, Columbia, North Carolina

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, Columbia, Pennsylvania

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, Columbia, Tennessee

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Places in the U.S. with Columbia in their names include

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Columbia City, Indiana

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, Columbia County, Arkansas

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, Columbia County, New York

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, Columbia County, Pennsylvania

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, Columbia Heights, Minnesota

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, Columbia Heights, Washington, DC

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, Columbia Station, Ohio

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, and three places named Columbia Township in Michigan: one in Jackson County

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, one in Tuscola County

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, and one in Van Buren County

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Well-known companies named Columbia include:

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• Columbia Pictures (also known as Columbia TriStar)
• Columbia Records
• Columbia Sportswear

Educational institutions named Columbia include:

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• Columbia University
• any of several Columbia Colleges
• Columbia Theological Seminary

Technology named Columbia includes

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• Columbia Nuclear Generating Station in Washington
• Columbia, a NASA supercomputer

Vehicles called Columbia include:

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• Space shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated during reentry in 2003
• the Apollo 11 Command/Service Module
• USS Columbia, several ships of the US Navy
• HMS Columbia, several ships of the Royal Navy
• The type 2-4-2 railroad locomotive is called a Columbia in the Whyte notation

Fictional uses of Columbia include:

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• Columbiad, the fictional cannon that was used to travel to the moon in From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
• a spaceship in Wally Wood's comic story Dark Side of the Moon, published in 1950.
• Columbia NX-02, a fictional starship on the television series '
• a character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• a song by Oasis (band) on Definitely Maybe

Songs about Columbia include:

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• Roll on Columbia, a 1941 popular song by Woody Guthrie about the Columbia River

Related terms include:

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• Colombia, a country in South America sometimes misspelled as 'Columbia'
• The constellation Columba
• Niobium, an element formerly named Columbium

National anthem: A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a country's government as their state's official national song....

Columbia, Gem of the Ocean: "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" is an United States patriotic song which was popular in the 19th and early 20th century. It was used on occasion as an unofficial national anthem in competition with "Hail, Columbia" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" until the latter's formal adoption as the national anthe...

Hail, Columbia: "Hail, Columbia" was the unofficial national anthem of the United States until its replacement in 1931 by the officially mandated "Star-Spangled Banner". It was originally composed by Joseph Hopkinson in the late 18th century. It was used by the USA as a national anthem for most of the 19th Century,...

Columbia related Images and Photos (experimental)

Columbia Calls	Columbia Chainless	Hail Columbia! (DVD)	Columbia World Expo
Columbia Space Shuttle	Bamboo Columbia IV	Columbia South Carolina USA	Carthagene Columbia
"Columbia Calls: Enlist Now For the U.S. Army" 1916	British Columbia Canada	Columbia University New York City	Playground Columbia Missouri c.1981