Columbia

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Co⋅lum⋅bi⋅a

[kuh-luhm-bee-uh]

–noun

1.	a river in SW Canada and the NW United States, flowing S and W from SE British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1214 mi. (1955 km) long.

2.	Cape, a cape on the N coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean: northernmost point of Canada.

3.	a city in and the capital of South Carolina, in the central part. 99,296.

4.	a city in central Missouri. 62,061.

5.	a city in central Maryland. 52,518.

6.	a city in central Tennessee. 25,767.

7.	a city in SE Pennsylvania. 10,466.

8.	Literary. the United States of America.

9.	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.

10.	(italics) U.S. Aerospace. the first space shuttle to orbit and return to earth.

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Co·lum·bi·a¹ (kə-lŭm'bē-ə)

A community of north-central Maryland west-southwest of Baltimore. It is mainly residential. Population: 88,200.
A city of central Missouri north-northwest of Jefferson City. The main campus of the University of Missouri (established 1839) is here. Population: 94,400.
The capital and largest city of South Carolina, in the central part of the state. It was chosen as the site of the new state's capital in 1786. Population: 120,000.

Co·lum·bi·a² (kə-lŭm'bē-ə)

n. The United States.

[After Christopher Columbus.]

Columbia, Cape
A cape on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island. It is the northernmost point of Canada.

Columbia, District of
See District of Columbia.

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