Columbia

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Contents 1 Places 1.1 U.S. cities or towns 1.2 Other places in the U.S. 1.3 Other places in North America 1.4 Places outside North America 2 Companies 3 Educational institutions 4 Technology 5 Vehicles 5.1 Spacecraft 5.2 Ships 5.3 Rail 5.4 Other 6 Fictional uses 7 Songs 8 Other 9 See also

Columbia (name) was the first popular and poetic name for the United States, and has in turn inspired the names of many other things.

Columbia may also refer to:

[edit] Places

[edit] U.S. cities or towns

• Columbia, South Carolina Capital and largest city of South Carolina
• Columbia, Alabama
• Columbia, California, in Tuolumne County
• Columbia, San Diego, California, a neighborhood
• Columbia, Connecticut
• Columbia, Illinois
• Columbia, Fayette County, Indiana
• Columbia, Iowa
• Columbia, Kentucky
• Columbia, Louisiana
• Columbia, Maine
• Columbia, Maryland
• Columbia, Mississippi
• Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia, New Hampshire
• Columbia, New Jersey
• Columbia, New York
• Columbia, former name for Etna, New York
• Columbia, North Carolina
• Columbia, Pennsylvania
• Columbia, Tennessee
• Columbia, Virginia

[edit] Other places in the U.S.

• Columbia Beach, a community in Clinton, Washington
• Columbia Center, a hamlet in Columbia, New York
• Columbia Center in Lorain County, Ohio
• Columbia City, Indiana
• Columbia City, Oregon
• Columbia City, Seattle, Washington
• Columbia County, Arkansas
• Columbia County, Florida
• Columbia County, Georgia
• Columbia County, New York
• Columbia County, Oregon
• Columbia County, Pennsylvania
• Columbia County, Washington
• Columbia Cross Roads in Bradford County, Pennsylvania
• Columbia Heights, Minnesota
• Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C.
• Columbia Station, Ohio
• Columbia Township, Jackson County, Michigan
• Columbia Township, Tuscola County, Michigan
• Columbia Township, Van Buren County, Michigan
• Columbia Valley Gardens in Longview, Washington
• Columbia Falls, Montana

[edit] Other places in North America

• Columbia (electoral district) in Canada
• Columbia River
  • Upper Columbia United Tribes, certain Native American peoples near the Columbia River
• British Columbia
• District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)
• Mount Columbia (Colorado)
• Mount Columbia (Alberta)
• Columbia Glacier (Alaska)
• Columbia Glacier (Washington)
• Columbia Peak in the state of Washington
• Columbia Icefield in Alberta and British Columbia
• Cape Columbia, northernmost point of Canada

[edit] Places outside North America

• Columbia Road market, an East London street flower market

[edit] Companies

• Columbia Aircraft
• Columbia Automobile Company
• Columbia Bicycles
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• Columbia Graphophone Company
• Columbia Helicopters
• Columbia Management Group
• Columbia Masterworks Records
• Columbia Music Entertainment
• Columbia Pictures
• Columbia Records
• Columbia Sussex
• Columbia Sportswear
• Columbia University Press, publisher of the Columbia Encyclopedia

[edit] Educational institutions

• Columbia University
• Any of several Columbia Colleges
• Columbia Theological Seminary
• Columbia Union College
• University of the District of Columbia
• University of British Columbia
• University of Northern British Columbia
• British Columbia Institute of Technology

[edit] Technology

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

[edit] Vehicles

[edit] Spacecraft

• Space Shuttle Columbia
• Columbia, the Command/Service Module for the Apollo 11 mission

[edit] Ships

• USS Columbia, several ships of the US Navy
• Lightship Columbia, WLV-604, the first lightship on the Pacific coast of the United States, docked in Astoria, Oregon
• SS Columbia, a historic excursion steamer docked in Ecorse, Michigan, United States
• Columbia (1871 yacht), winner of the 1871 America's Cup race
• Columbia (1899 yacht), winner of the 1899 and 1901 America's Cup races
• Spirit of British Columbia, an S class ferry in the BC Ferries fleet

[edit] Rail

• Columbia, another name for the 2-4-2 classification of steam locomotives
• Columbian (B&O), a former passenger train between Jersey City, New Jersey and Chicago, Illinois
• Columbian (passenger train), a former Milwaukee Road train between Chicago and Tacoma

[edit] Other

• Columbia, airplane piloted by Clarence Duncan Chamberlin when he was the second person to solo across the Atlantic
• Columbia automobile, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (1893-1917)

[edit] Fictional uses

• Columbia (NX-02), a fictional starship on the television series Star Trek: Enterprise
• Columbia, a character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Columbia Airlines, fictional airline from Airport 1975
• Columbia, a battlestar from both the original and re-imagined versions of the Battlestar Galactica TV series
• Columbia Internet, fictional company in the User Friendly online comic strip

[edit] Songs

• "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean", a U.S. patriotic song
• "Columbia" (song), a song on the 1994 Oasis album Definitely Maybe
• "Columbia", a song by Eric Johnson on the 2005 album Bloom
• "Columbia", a song by Paul van Dyk on the album Out There and Back
• "Hail, Columbia", the official anthem of the Vice President and an early anthem of the United States
• "Roll on Columbia", a 1941 popular song by Woody Guthrie about the Columbia River

[edit] Other

• Columbia (sheep), an American breed of sheep
• Columbia Center, the tallest skyscraper in Seattle
• Columbia Station, a station on the SkyTrain in New Westminster, British Columbia
• Columbia (supercontinent)
• Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, British Columbia
• World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893

[edit] See also

• Columbiad, a type of large-caliber cannon from the 19th century
• Columba (constellation)
• Columbium, former name for the element Niobium
• Saint Columba
• Saint Columbanus
• The Columbian Orator