Columbia
English
Etymology
From Christopher Columbus, the Latinized name of the European explorer. The supercontinent was named by John Rogers and Santosh Madhava Warrier in 2002.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈlʌmbi.ə/
- Homophone: Colombia
Proper noun
Columbia
- (poetic) America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.
- (dated) The female personification of the USA.
- A city in Kentucky, USA, and the county seat of Adair County.
- A small town in Louisiana, USA, and the parish seat of Caldwell Parish.
- A city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Marion County.
- A city in Missouri, USA, and the county seat of Boone County.
- A town in North Carolina, USA, and the county seat of Tyrrell County.
- The capital city of the state of South Carolina in the United States of America, and the county seat of Richland County.
- A city in Tennessee, USA, and the county seat of Maury County.
- A river shared by Canada and the United States.
- Shortened form of Columbia University.
- The space shuttle Columbia (named after a famous American sailing ship, Columbia Rediviva).
- (geology) A supercontinent thought to have existed in the Paleoproterozoic.
- Misspelling of Colombia.
Derived terms
Translations
poetic: America
female personification of the USA
Catalan
Latin
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Columbia |
Genitive | Columbiae |
Dative | Columbiae |
Accusative | Columbiam |
Ablative | Columbiā |
Vocative | Columbia |
Derived terms
- columbiānus
- columbicus
- columbiēnsis
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