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Columbia

Columbia

170 3.4
A major university in New York City that is a member of the Ivy League
  • proper noun
  • /kəˈlʌmbiə/
translation icon : Universidad de Columbia
  • Rebecca Molholt received her PhD in art history from Columbia University in 2008.
  • Columbia University
  • Columbia College
  • Professor at Columbia

She also is on the staff of Columbia University Medical School.

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Examples

  • She had done an undergraduate degree at Columbia and seemed to know the technology sector.

  • She also is on the staff of Columbia University Medical School.

  • Well, I, I teach a class at Columbia called TV Media and Culture.

  • On that post you said Columbia was the number one school in the world, correct?

  • You completed two years at Columbia Medical School.

  • I said I would be going to Columbia University to the Engineering School.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • So I went to Med school at Columbia here in New York.

  • One at Columbia University, and the other at the London School of Economics.

  • I've been accepted to Columbia.

  • I have always dreamed of studying at Columbia University, known for its excellent programs.

Synonyms

Columbia University
vsColumbia
52 3.2

A private university in New York City known for strong research and teaching

is defined by membership of the Ivy League in addition to New York prestige

Compounds

A federal area in the eastern United States that contains the city Washington and is the nation's capital

A province in western Canada between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains

A large North American river that starts in Canada, flows along Washington and Oregon, and reaches the Pacific Ocean

Columbia tiger lily
  • Specialized
8.1

A tall orange-red flower with purple spots that grows wild in western North America

Surface Forms

Columbia main

Etymology

Columbia comes from the explorer Columbus and became a poetic name for America. So Columbia University took that name to sound national and important, because it uses an old name for the country.