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columbia

/kʌlˈʌmbiʌ/noun4 syllables

Columbia means: a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring.

Synonyms for columbia3

noun, as in a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring

Columbia River

noun, as in capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina

capital of South Carolina

noun, as in a university in New York City

Columbia University

What does columbia mean?5

noun

1

a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring

2

capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina

3

a university in New York City

4

a town in west central Tennessee

5

a university town in central Missouri

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Columbia in a sentence

  • All of the astronauts on board Columbia were killed.Hybrid
  • The coastal ecosystem of British Columbia is rapidly declining.Scott
  • A lot of those stories come out of British Columbia.Amastan
  • Sami moved across the country from Ontario to British Columbia.OsoHombre
  • Sami has two home provinces: Ontario and British Columbia.OsoHombre
  • My dream is to study English in British Columbia.Adelpa
  • Canadian sparrows fly very long distances east-west between British Columbia and Ontario.marioo
  • Ziri lives in the British Columbia interior.Amastan

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