Columbia

Not to be confused with Colombia, a South American country.

Columbia may refer to:

• Columbia (name), the historical female national personification of the United States of America, and a poetic name for the Americas

Places

North America

Natural features

• Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest
• Columbia River, in Canada and the United States
  • Columbia Bar, sandbar in the estuary of the Columbia River
  • Columbia River Drainage Basin, the drainage basin of that river
  • Columbia Country, region of British Columbia encompassing the northern portion of that river's upper reaches
    • Columbia Valley, a region within the Columbia Country
  • Columbia Lake, a lake at the head of the Columbia River
    • Columbia Wetlands, a protected area near Columbia Lake
  • Columbia Slough, a slough along the Columbia watercourse near Portland, Oregon
• Columbia Icefield, an icefield in the Canadian Rockies
• Columbia Island (District of Columbia), in the Potomac River
• Columbia Island (New York), in Long Island Sound

Populated places

• District of Columbia, the United States' capital district
• British Columbia, a province of Canada
• Columbia District, a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading district in the Pacific Northwest
• Columbia, Alabama, a town
• Columbia, Arizona, a populated place
• Columbia, California, a census-designated place and former boomtown
• Columbia, San Diego, California, a neighborhood
• Columbia, Connecticut, a town
• Columbia, Illinois, a city
• Columbia, Fayette County, Indiana, an unincorporated town
• Columbia, Iowa, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, Kentucky, a city
• Columbia, Louisiana, a town
• Columbia, Maine, a town
• Columbia, Maryland, a planned community
• Columbia, Michigan, a village
• Columbia, Mississippi, a city
• Columbia, Missouri, a city
  • Columbia, Missouri metropolitan area
• Columbia, New Hampshire, a town
• Columbia, New Jersey, a census-designated place
• Columbia, New York, a town
• Columbia, North Carolina, a town
• Columbia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, Williams County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, Pennsylvania, a borough
• Columbia, South Carolina, the capital of South Carolina
  • Columbia metropolitan area (South Carolina)
• Columbia, South Dakota, a city
• Columbia, Tennessee, a city
• Columbia, Virginia, a town
• Columbia (Richmond, Virginia), a historic home
• Columbia, West Virginia
• Columbia, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, former name of Romney, Indiana, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, former name of Etna, New York, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, former name of West Columbia, Texas, a city
• Columbia, British Columbia, a former city in Canada
• Columbia (electoral district), a former provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, 1903-1928
• Columbia Street, New Westminster, the main downtown street of that city, in British Columbia, Canada
• Columbia City (disambiguation)
• Columbia County (disambiguation)
• Columbia Township (disambiguation)
• Mount Columbia (disambiguation)
• Camp Columbia (Hanford), Washington, a prison camp during and after World War II

Elsewhere

• Columbia, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
• Columbia, Queensland, a locality in Australia
• Columbia (supercontinent), a prehistoric supercontinent
• 327 Columbia, an asteroid
• Camp Columbia (Wacol), Queensland, Australia, during World War II

Arts and media

For companies in arts and media, see § Companies.

Fictional elements

• Columbia (BioShock), a city in the video game BioShock Infinite
• Columbia, a character in the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Music

• Columbia, a style of Cuban rumba
• Columbia: Live at Missouri University, a 1993 live album by American power pop group Big Star
• "Columbia", a song on the 1994 Oasis album Definitely Maybe
• "Columbia", a song on the 2000 Paul van Dyk album Out There and Back
• "Columbia", a song on the 2005 Eric Johnson album Bloom
• "Hail Columbia", an American patriotic song

Publications

• Columbia Encyclopedia, one-volume encyclopedia published by Columbia University Press
• Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, annual literary journal published by Columbia University
• Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History, quarterly magazine published by the Washington State Historical Society
• Columbia, a magazine published by the Knights of Columbus

Companies

Arts and media companies

• Columbia Amusement Company, an American burlesque chain that operated from 1902 to 1927
• Columbia Artists Management
• Columbia Broadcasting System, original name of American broadcast network, CBS; initially Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (1927–1928), then Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (1928–1974), now CBS Inc. (1974–present)
• Columbia Comics
• Columbia Games
• Columbia Graphophone Company, a British record company and label from 1922 to 1973
• Columbia House, an American mail-order media company
• Columbia Music Entertainment, a Japanese record company
• Columbia Pictures, an American film studio founded in 1924, owned by Sony Corporation since 1989.
• Columbia Records, an American record label founded in 1888, owned since 1988 by Sony Music Entertainment
• Columbia University Press, affiliated with Columbia University and publisher of Columbia Encyclopedia

Transportation companies

• Columbia Aircraft, taken over by Cessna
• Columbia Aircraft Corporation, originally Columbia Air Liners Inc.
• Columbia Bicycles of Hartford, Connecticut
  • Columbia (automobile brand) (1899–1913), originally expanded from the bicycle line
• Columbia Helicopters, based in Aurora, Oregon
• Columbia Motors of Detroit, Michigan (1917–1924)
• Columbia Railway, historic Washington, D.C. streetcar company
• Columbia Transit (COMO Connect), a bus company serving Columbia, Missouri

Other companies

• Columbia Brewery in Canada
• Columbia Data Products
• Columbia Forest Products
• Columbia Gas Transmission, a gas pipeline between the U.S. Gulf Coast and New York
• Columbia Industries
• Columbia Insurance Group
• Columbia Management Group
• Columbia Mining Company, later shortened to Cominco and amalgamated in 2001 with Teck Resources as Teck-Cominco
• Columbia Power Corporation, Canada
• Columbia Sportswear, formerly the Columbia Hat Company

People

• Al Columbia, American artist, writer and cartoonist
• Columbia Lancaster (1803–1893), a delegate from the Territory of Washington

Schools

• Columbia University, New York City
  • Columbia Lions athletic teams representing the university
• Columbia International University, Columbia, South Carolina
• Columbia College (disambiguation)
• Columbia Bible College, Abbotsford, British Columbia
• Columbia Theological Seminary, formerly in Columbia, now in Decatur, Georgia
• Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, New York City
• Columbia High School (disambiguation)
• Columbia Independent School, Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia Middle School in Grovetown, Georgia
• Columbia University, a former name of the University of Portland

School districts

• Columbia Elementary School District, Redding, California
• Columbia School District (Mississippi)
• Columbia Public Schools, Columbia, Missouri

Vehicles

Aircraft and spacecraft

• Space Shuttle Columbia
• Command Module Columbia, the Command/Service Module for the Apollo 11 mission
• Columbia XJL, a large amphibian aircraft built only as three prototypes
• Wright-Bellanca WB-2 Miss Columbia, the airplane piloted by Clarence Duncan Chamberlin, the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic

Ships

Naval vessels

• USS Columbia, any of several ships of the US Navy
• Columbia-class cruiser, a group of two protected cruisers used by the United States Navy, 1890–91
• CSS Columbia, a Confederate (and later U.S. Navy) ironclad ram during the Civil War
• HMCS Columbia, any of several commissioned vessels of the Royal Canadian Navy

America's Cup yachts

• Columbia (1871 yacht), the 1871 America's Cup winner
• Columbia (1899 yacht), the 1899 and 1901 America's Cup winner
• Columbia (1958 yacht), the 1958 America's Cup winner

Other ships

• Columbia (Arrow Lakes sternwheeler)
• Columbia (barque), in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company on the Columbia River and along the Pacific Northwest Coast
• Columbia (collapsed paddle steamer), a paddle steamer excursion boat which sank on the Illinois River in July 1918
• Columbia (sidewheeler 1850), a steamboat in 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 (1880), a coastal passenger liner which made the first commercial use of Edison's light bulb
• SS Columbia (1889), an ocean liner, later renamed Rapido, a cruiser for the Spanish Navy
• United States lightship Columbia (WLV-604), the first lightship on the Pacific Coast of the United States, docked in Astoria, Oregon
• Columbia Rediviva, commonly known as the Columbia, a maritime fur trade vessel

Other vehicles

• Columbia, another name for the 2-4-2 classification of steam locomotives

Other uses

• Columbia Carousel, carousels in amusement parks
• Columbia sheep, an American breed
• Columbia (supercomputer), named for the space shuttle
• Sailing Ship Columbia, a themed ride at Disneyland
• Team Columbia, a professional cycling team sponsored by Columbia Sportswear
• Columbia (Hewlett-Packard), a codename for the HP OmniGo 700LX palmtop PC
• Columbia of Carrick, a mural by Brian Gonnella, located in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Carrick

See also

• All pages with titles containing Columbia
• Columbia Center (disambiguation)
• Columbia Mall (disambiguation)
• Colombia (disambiguation)
• Colombian (disambiguation)
• Colombiana (disambiguation)
• Columba (disambiguation)
• Columbiad, a type of large-caliber cannon from the 19th century
• Columbian (disambiguation)
• Columbiana (disambiguation)
• Columbus (disambiguation)
• Columba, saint
• Columbanus, saint
• Columbium, former name for the element Niobium