Columbia

Columbia stands for:

  • Columbia (Cocktail)
  • Columbia (continent), a hypothetical supercontinent about 1.8 to 1.6 billion years ago
  • Columbia (personification), poetic name for the United States or for North America
  • Columbia (supercomputer), a mainframe computer of the US space agency NASA
  • (327) Columbia, asteroid
  • Columbia Hills, chain of hills on Mars
  • Columbia University in the city of New York
  • Columbia Nuclear Power Plant in Washington State, USA
  • Columbia concentration camp at what later became Columbiadamm in Berlin (1933 to 1936)
  • SC Columbia XXI Vienna, an Austrian soccer club
  • Team HTC-Columbia, a professional cycling team
  • a song from Oasis on the album Definitely Maybe
  • a character from The Rocky Horror Picture Show


Places in the United States:

  • Columbia (Alabama)
  • Columbia City (Indiana)
  • Columbia City (Oregon)
  • Columbia (Connecticut)
  • Columbia (Illinois)
  • Columbia (Iowa)
  • Columbia (California)
  • Columbia (Kentucky)
  • Columbia (Louisiana)
  • Columbia (Maine)
  • Columbia (Maryland)
  • Columbia (Mississippi)
  • Columbia (Missouri)
  • Columbia (New Hampshire)
  • Columbia (New Jersey)
  • Columbia (New York)
  • Columbia (North Carolina)
  • Columbia (Ohio)
  • Columbia (Pennsylvania)
  • Columbia (South Carolina)
  • Columbia (South Dakota), in Brown County
  • Columbia (Tennessee)
  • Columbia (Wisconsin), in Clark County


Vehicle manufacturer:

  • Columbia Automobile Company, former U.S. automobile manufacturer (1897-1913)
  • Columbia Carriage Company, former U.S. automobile manufacturer (1891-1912)
  • Columbia Engineering Works, former U.S. automobile manufacturer (1901-1905)
  • Columbia Motors Company, former U.S. automobile manufacturer (1915-1924)
  • Columbia Taxicab Company, former U.S. automobile manufacturer (1915-1917) and cab company.
  • Columbian Electric Vehicle Company, former U.S. automobile manufacturer (1914-1917)


Other companies:

  • Columbia Aircraft Corporation
  • Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
  • Columbia Graphophone Company
  • Columbia Pictures
  • Columbia Records
  • Columbia Sportswear, a US clothing manufacturer


Vehicles

Ships:

  • Columbia, in which Robert Gray was the first American to circumnavigate the globe in 1787-1790 on his trading voyage with China; see Robert Gray (navigator).
  • Columbia, a yacht with which Nathanael Herreshoff won the America's Cup in 1899 and 1901
  • Columbia (ship, 1880), US passenger ship, sunk in 1907
  • Columbia (ship, 1889), from 1889-1898 and 1899-1904 a fast steamer of HAPAG, in the meantime auxiliary cruiser Rapido, finally auxiliary cruiser Terek
  • Columbia (ship, 1902), passenger ship of the British Anchor Line
  • Columbia (ship, 1913), from 1949-1957 Greek Line passenger ship, built in 1913 as Katoomba.
  • Columbia (ship, 1974), ferry of the US shipping company Alaska Marine Highway

Aircraft:

  • Columbia (airplane), in which Clarence Chamberlin crossed the Atlantic in 1927
  • an airship of the Goodyear company (1968-1992), see Goodyear (airship)

Spacecraft:

  • Columbia (space shuttle), space shuttle of the USA
  • the command module of Apollo 11


Geography:

  • District of Columbia, Federal District of the USA
  • Cape Columbia, northernmost point of Canada
  • Columbia Mountains, mountains on the border between Canada and the United States
  • Columbia Mountains (Antarctica), mountains in Palmerland, Antarctica
  • Columbia Lake, lake in the south of the Canadian province British Columbia
  • Glacial Lake Columbia, glacial lake in what are now the U.S. states of Idaho and Washington
  • Columbia River (also Columbia for short), river in the northwest of America


NRHP-listed properties:

  • Columbia (Richmond), in Richmond, Virginia, ID# 82004585.
  • Columbia Arsenal, in Columbia, Tennessee, ID# 77001281
  • Columbia Auditorium, in Louisville, Kentucky, ID# 83004600.
  • Columbia Avenue Historic District, in Davenport, Iowa, ID# 84000298.
  • Columbia Baptist Cemetery, in Cincinnati, Ohio, ID# 79002709.
  • Columbia Baptist Church, in Columbia Center, Ohio, ID# 76001466.
  • Columbia Canal, in Columbia, South Carolina, ID# 79002392
  • Columbia Central Fire Station, in Columbia, South Carolina, ID# 08001396.
  • Columbia Central High School, in Columbia, Tennessee, ID# 80003848
  • Columbia City Hall, in Columbia, South Carolina, ID# 73001725.
  • Columbia City to Cascade City Road, in Vancouver, Washington, ID# 05001231.
  • Columbia Club, in Indianapolis, Indiana, ID# 83000063
  • Columbia Commercial Historic District, in Columbia, Tennessee, ID# 84003625.
  • Columbia County High School, in Lake City, Florida, ID# 93001154.
  • Columbia County Jail, in Magnolia, Arkansas, ID# 82000802.
  • Columbia Covered Bridge, in Columbia, New Hampshire, ID# 76000123
  • Columbia Forest Historic District, in Arlington, Virginia, ID# 04000047.
  • Columbia Gorge Hotel, in Hood River, Oregon, ID# 79003736.
  • Columbia Green Historic District, in Columbia, Connecticut, ID# 90001759.
  • Columbia Hall, in Dannebrog, Nebraska, ID# 05000724
  • Columbia High School, in Columbia, South Carolina, ID# 79003368.
  • Columbia Historic District I, in Columbia, South Carolina, ID# 71000798.
  • Columbia Historic District II, in Columbia, South Carolina, ID# 71000799.
  • Columbia House, in Columbia Falls, Maine, ID# 00001203
  • Columbia Hydroelectric Station, in Columbia, Tennessee, ID# 89002364.
  • Columbia Mills Building, in Columbia, South Carolina, ID# 82003902.
  • Columbia National Guard Armory, in Columbia, Missouri, ID# 93000197.
  • Columbia North Residential Historic District, in Columbia, Mississippi, ID# 09000625.
  • Columbia Park Band Shell, in Marshfield, Wisconsin, ID# 08000842.
  • Columbia River Bridge, in Wenatchee, Washington, ID# 82004198
  • Columbia River Bridge at Bridgeport, in Bridgeport, Washington, ID# 95000632
  • Columbia River Bridge at Kettle Falls, in Kettle Falls, Washington, ID# 95000260.
  • Columbia River Bridge at Northport, in Northport, Washington, ID# 95000624
  • Columbia River Bridge at Wenatchee, in Wenatchee, Washington, ID# 95000623.
  • Columbia River Gillnet Boat, in Altoona, Washington, ID# 78002783.
  • Columbia River Highway Historic District, in Troutdale, Oregon, ID# 83004168.
  • Columbia River Quarantine Station, in Knappton, Washington, ID# 80004007.
  • Columbia Southern Hotel, in Shaniko, Oregon, ID# 79002150.
  • Columbia Southern Railroad Passenger Station and Freight Warehouse, in Wasco, Oregon, ID# 91000059.
  • Columbia Theater, in Longview, Washington, ID# 85003014
  • Columbia Town Hall, in Columbia Center, Ohio, ID# 76001468
  • Columbia Township Auditorium, in Columbia, South Carolina, ID# 05001104.
  • Columbia Turnpike-West Tollhouse, in Greenport, New York, ID# 00001571.
  • Columbia Union Church, in Epping, Maine, ID# 97000607
  • Columbia Wagon Works, in Columbia Borough, Pennsylvania, ID# 01000057.
  • Columbia West End Historic District, in Columbia, Tennessee, ID# 86000394.


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