Columbia

Columbia

☆ Columbia¹ [kə lum′bē ə, kə lumbyə ]

n.

[after COLUMBUS¹ Christopher]

Old Poet. the U.S. personified as a woman

Columbia² [kə lum′bē ə, kə lum′byə]

1. [after Columbia, personification of the U.S.] capital of S.C., on the Congaree River: pop. 116,000

2. [after Columbia, personification of the U.S.] city in central Mo.: pop. 85,000

3. city in NC Md., southwest of Baltimore: pop. 88,000

4. [after the name of the first ship to enter it (1792)] river rising in SE British Columbia and flowing south & west through Wash., & along the Wash.-Oreg. border into the Pacific: 1,210 mi (1,947 km)