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Columbia (name) is a poetic name for the United States of America and the feminine personification thereof; it has inspired the names of many persons, places, objects, institutions, and companies.

Columbia may also refer to:

[edit] Animals

[edit] Companies

  • Columbia Automobile Company of Hartford, Connecticut which operated between 1899 and 1913, originally expanded from the bicycle line.

[edit] Music

[edit] Persons

[edit] Vehicles

[edit] Aircraft

[edit] Rail

  • Columbia, another name for the 2-4-2 classification of steam locomotives, named for an early locomotive of this type called Columbia

[edit] Ships

  • Columbia (yacht), any of several America's Cup race winners/contenders
  • CSS Columbia, a U.S. Confederate (and later U.S. Navy) ironclad ram during the time of the Civil War
  • HMCS Columbia, any of several commissioned vessels of the Canadian Navy
  • Lightship Columbia, WLV-604, 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, a historic excursion steamer docked in Ecorse, Michigan, United States
  • SS Columbia Eagle incident, a merchant vessel that fell into mutiny off the coast of Cambodia in 1970
  • USS Columbia, any of several ships of the US Navy

[edit] Spacecraft

  • Columbia, a fictional spaceship in Wally Wood's comic story Dark Side of the Moon, published in 1950
  • Columbia, a battlestar (fictional spaceship) from both versions of the Battlestar Galactica TV series
  • Columbia (Star Trek), any of three fictional starships in the Star Trek syndication

[edit] Places

[edit] Columbia River

A large number of places are named for the Columbia River in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia (which is indirectly named for the river), or in the American states of Washington and Oregon. The following may refer to the Columbia River in more than one of those locations:

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

See also Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alberta sections below.

[edit] Places in the United States

Alabama

Alaska

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia (see also List of District of Columbia-related topics)

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

  • Columbia Airport in Columbia, Louisiana, United States (FAA: F86).

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

[edit] Places and institutions named for Columbia University, New York
Periodic publications at Columbia University:

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oregon

[edit] Named for the Columbia River in Oregon

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Columbia, SC sports teams:

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

Washington

[edit] Named for the Columbia River in Washington

Wisconsin

[edit] Places in Canada

[edit] Named for the Columbia River in British Columbia and Alberta

[edit] Geography
  • Columbia Country, referring to the upper basin of the Columbia River above the Arrow Lakes, including:
  • Columbia Valley, the uppermost basin of the Columbia River, from Columbia Lake to the town of Golden

[edit] Politics

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[edit] Places outside North America

[edit] See also

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