Columbia

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Columbia may refer to:

• Columbia, another name for the 2-4-2 classification of steam locomotives
• Columbia Aircraft, taken over by Cessna
• Columbia Aircraft Corp, originally Columbia Air Liners Inc.
• Columbia, the Command/Service Module for the Apollo 11 mission
• Columbia Bicycles of Hartford, Connecticut
  • Columbia Automobile Company (1899–1913), originally expanded from the bicycle line
• Columbia Brewery in Canada
• Columbia Comics
• Columbia Data Products
• Columbia Forest Products
• Columbia Games
• Columbia Gas Transmission, a gas pipeline between the U.S. Gulf Coast and New York
• Columbia Helicopters, based in Aurora, Oregon
• Columbia Industries
• Columbia Insurance Group
• Columbia JL, a large amphibian aircraft built only as three prototypes
• Columbia Management Group
• Columbia Mining Company, a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway, later shortened to Cominco and amalgamated in 2001 with Teck as Teck-Cominco
• Columbia Motors of Detroit, Michigan (1917–1924)
• Columbia Power Corporation, Canada
• Columbia Railway, historic Washington, D.C. streetcar company
• Columbia Sportswear, formerly the Columbia Hat Company
• Columbia Tower, Tallest building in Seattle, Washington
• Columbia Transit, bus company serving Columbia, Missouri
• Columbia University Press, affiliated with Columbia University and publisher of Columbia Encyclopedia
• Space Shuttle Columbia
• Wright-Bellanca WB-2 Columbia, the airplane piloted by Clarence Duncan Chamberlin, the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic

In fiction

• Columbia (BioShock Infinite), a fictional city in the video game BioShock Infinite

Myths

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

Places

In North America

• Columbia (electoral district), a former provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, 1903-1928
• Columbia, Alabama, a town
• Columbia, California, a census-designated place and former boomtown
• Columbia, Connecticut, a town
• Columbia, Fayette County, Indiana, an unincorporated town
• Columbia, Illinois, a city
• Columbia, Iowa, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, Kentucky, a city
• Columbia, Louisiana, a town
• Columbia, Maine, a town
• Columbia, Maryland, a planned community
• 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, Pennsylvania, a borough
• Columbia, San Diego, California, a neighborhood
• Columbia, South Carolina, the capital of South Carolina
  • Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area
• Columbia, South Dakota, a city
• Columbia, Tennessee, a city
• Columbia, Virginia, a town
• Columbia, West Virginia
• Columbia, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Columbia City (disambiguation)
• Columbia County (disambiguation)
• Columbia District, a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading district in the Pacific Northwest of North America in the 19th century
• Columbia Icefield, an icefield in the Canadian Rockies
• Columbia Island (District of Columbia)
• Columbia Island (New York)
• Columbia Plateau, a landform flanking the lower stretches of the river
  • Columbia River Basalt Group, a geological group related to the Columbia Plateau
• Columbia River, in Canada and the United States
  • Columbia Bar, sandbar in the estuary of the Columbia River
  • Columbia Basin, the 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 Slough, a slough along the Columbia watercourse near Portland, Oregon
    • Columbia Wetlands, a protected area near Columbia Lake
• Columbia Street, New Westminster, the main downtown street of that city, in British Columbia, Canada
• Columbia Township (disambiguation)
• District of Columbia, the federal district in which the capital of the United States is located
• Columbia, former name of Etna, New York, an unincorporated community
• Mount Columbia (disambiguation)
• Columbia, former name of Romney, Indiana, an unincorporated community
• Columbia, former name of West Columbia, Texas, a city

Elsewhere

• Camp Columbia, a United States Army post in Australia during World War II
• 327 Columbia, an asteroid
• Columbia (supercontinent), a prehistoric supercontinent

Companies

Music and entertainment

• Columbia Broadcasting System, CBS radio and television networks
  • Columbia Artists Management
• Columbia Graphophone Company, a British record company and label from 1922 to 1973
• Columbia Music Entertainment, a Japanese record company
• Columbia Pictures
  • Columbia Pictures Television
    • CBS Columbia Square, in Hollywood, California, West Coast home of CBS radio and television
    • Columbia TriStar Television
• Columbia Records, an American record label founded in 1888, owned since 1988 by Sony Music Entertainment
  • Columbia Symphony Orchestra, a former part of the Columbia Records company

Music

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

People

• Al Columbia, American artist, writer and cartoonist
• Columbia Lancaster (1803–1893), a delegate from the Territory of Washington
• Columbia, a fictional character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Schools

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

School districts

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

Transportation

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 class cruiser, a group of two protected cruisers used by the United States Navy, 1890–91
• Columbia Rediviva, commonly known as the Columbia, a maritime fur trade vessel under captains John Kendrick and Robert Gray
• CSS Columbia, a Confederate (and later U.S. Navy) ironclad ram during the Civil War
• HMCS Columbia, any of several commissioned vessels of the Canadian Navy
• Lightship Columbia, the first lightship on the Pacific Coast of the United States, docked in Astoria, 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 became the first outside usage of Thomas Edison's light bulb
• SS Columbia (1889), an ocean liner, later renamed Rapido, a cruiser for the Spanish Navy
• USS Columbia, any of several ships of the US Navy

Winners of the America's Cup

• 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

In fiction

• Columbia (Star Trek), a fictional starship in the series Star Trek: Enterprise
• Columbia, a fictional battlestar from both versions of the Battlestar Galactica TV series

Publications

• Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, annual literary journal founded in 1977 and published by Columbia University
• Columbia Encyclopedia, one-volume encyclopedia published by Columbia University Press

Other uses

• Columbia (sheep), an American breed of sheep
• Columbia (supercomputer), named for the space shuttle
• Columbia Basin Trust, established by the government of British Columbia, Canada
• Columbia Carousel, carousels in amusement parks
• Columbia Center (disambiguation)
• Columbia Mall (disambiguation)
• Sailing Ship Columbia, a themed ride at Disneyland
• Team Columbia, a professional cycling team sponsored by Columbia Sportswear

See also

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

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