Columbia
a river in southwestern Canada and the northwestern United States, flowing south and west from southeastern British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1,214 miles (1,955 km) long.
Cape Columbia, a cape on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean: northernmost point of Canada.
a city in and the capital of South Carolina, in the central part.
a city in central Missouri.
a city in central Maryland.
a city in central Tennessee.
a city in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Literary. the United States of America.
one of an American breed of large sheep, developed by crossbreeding the Lincoln and Rambouillet, noted for its good market lambs and heavy fleece of medium length.
Aerospace. the first space shuttle to orbit and return to earth.
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How to use Columbia in a sentence
MGM and Columbia are both subsidiaries of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea | Rich Goldstein | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn January 2014, a lifelong District of Columbia parks employee, Medric Mills, collapsed while walking with his grown daughter.
He hopes to attend Columbia Medical School and specialize in Oncology.
The Daily Beast: You received an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia.
Meghan Daum On Tackling The Unspeakable Parts Of Life | David Yaffe | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs of July 2014, only 22 states and the District of Columbia require sex education to be taught in public schools.
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One would have thought that half the dogs in the neighborhood had relatives coming from Columbia.
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. WardThere was a larger crowd than usual at the little station to see the Columbia excursionists come in.
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. WardWish to call it Columbia mine for patriotic reasons having found it on Fourth.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerThe Columbia is the largest, but after flowing north-west and then south for about 400 m., it passes into the United States.
The distance from the navigable waters of the Missouri to the navigable waters of the Columbia is less than three hundred miles.
British Dictionary definitions for Columbia (1 of 2)
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a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
a city in central South Carolina, on the Congaree River: the state capital. Pop: 117 357 (2003 est)
British Dictionary definitions for Columbia (2 of 2)
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the first test vehicle of the NASA space shuttle fleet to prove the possibility of routine access to space for scientific and commercial ventures
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