List of places named for Christopher Columbus
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A number of places, mostly in the Western Hemisphere, have been named for Christopher Columbus, the voyager who was the first European to make the New World widely known to Europeans.
- British Columbia, province of Canada
- Colombia and the earlier Greater Colombia, country of South America.
- Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka (altered by the Portuguese from a similar-sounding native name)
- Colon, Panama, city
- Colon (Panamanian province)
- Columbia, Maryland, census-designated place
- Columbia, Missouri, city
- Columbia, South Carolina, city
- Columbia River, United States
- Colombo (Brazilian municipality and city in the state of Paraná, Brazil)
- Columbus, Georgia, city
- Columbus, Indiana, city
- Columbus, Mississippi, city
- Columbus, Ohio, city
- District of Columbia
- Columbiana County, Ohio
