Columbia
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6.7
- proper noun
- /kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/
- Literature
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Columbia (nombre poético de Estados Unidos)
- The festive parade in Columbia brought together people from all walks of life.
- British Columbia
- District of Columbia
- Columbia Plateau
This is called Columbia one piece in red.
- This is called Columbia one piece in red.
- And then because you spent so much time in Columbia, I got you a little model.
- There are quite a few passages in his book on not just Columbia, but Columbia.
- And that lawyer already had a strong connection to Columbia.
- And so I did those three months, which were not the most pleasant months in my life at doing infantry school in in Columbia, Georgia, Columbus, GA.
- Even the label I'm signed to, Columbia, Sony turned me down, you know, like a year or so before I got signed.
Examples
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Responses were received from 49 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
Academic text (1995) -
♪ Oh, Columbia, the gem of the ocean ♪ The home of the brave and the free ♪
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Smiling Columbia still extends a welcome to all of North and South.
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Thirty-seven states, territories, and the District of Columbia have now adopted these standards.
Academic text (2011) -
Of these recipients, 398 participants from 49 states and the District of Columbia completed the survey, yielding a 45.5% return rate.
Academic text (2015) -
Many poets have written about the beauty of Columbia as a symbol of America.
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In literature, Columbia often represents the ideals of freedom and opportunity.
Synonyms
A country in North America made of 50 states
Compounds
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3.5
A federal area in the eastern United States that contains the city Washington and is the nation's capital
13
1.0
A province in western Canada between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains
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3.3
A large North American river that starts in Canada, flows along Washington and Oregon, and reaches the Pacific Ocean
- Specialized
A tall orange-red flower with purple spots that grows wild in western North America
Surface Forms
Etymology
Columbia was a poetic name for the United States that comes from the explorer Columbus. That is why many places, rivers, and institutions are called Columbia—the name was used to stand for the country.