Columbia

Columbia most often refers to:


 * Columbia (personification), the historical personification of the United States
 * Columbia University, a private university in New York City
 * Columbia Pictures, an American film studio owned by Sony Pictures
 * Columbia Sportswear, an American clothing company

Columbia may also refer to:

Natural features

 * Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest
 * Columbia River, in Canada and the United States
 * Columbia Bar, a sandbar in the estuary of the Columbia River
 * Columbia Country, the region of British Columbia encompassing the northern portion of that river's upper reaches
 * Columbia Valley, a region within the Columbia Country
 * Columbia Lake, a lake at the head of the Columbia River
 * Columbia Wetlands, a protected area near Columbia Lake
 * Columbia Slough, along the Columbia watercourse near Portland, Oregon
 * Glacial Lake Columbia, a proglacial lake in Washington state
 * Columbia Icefield, in the Canadian Rockies
 * Columbia Island (District of Columbia), in the Potomac River
 * Columbia Island (New York), in Long Island Sound

Populated places

 * Columbia City (disambiguation)
 * Columbia County (disambiguation)
 * District of Columbia (disambiguation), including "Columbia District"
 * Columbia Township (disambiguation)
 * Mount Columbia (disambiguation)

Canada

 * British Columbia, a province of Canada
 * Columbia District, a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading district in the Pacific Northwest
 * Columbia, British Columbia, a former city in Canada
 * Columbia (electoral district), formerly in British Columbia, Canada, 1903–1928
 * Columbia Street, New Westminster, the main downtown street of that city, in British Columbia, Canada

United States

 * District of Columbia, the United States' capital district
 * Columbia, Alabama, a town
 * Columbia, Arizona, a populated place
 * Columbia, California, a census-designated place and former boomtown
 * Columbia, San Diego, California, a neighborhood
 * Columbia, Connecticut, a town
 * Columbia, Illinois, a city
 * Columbia, Fayette County, Indiana, an unincorporated town
 * Columbia, Iowa, an unincorporated community
 * Columbia, Kentucky, a city
 * Columbia, Louisiana, a town
 * Columbia, Maine, a town
 * Columbia, Maryland, a planned community
 * Columbia, Michigan, a village
 * Columbia, Mississippi, a city
 * Columbia, Missouri, a city
 * Columbia metropolitan area (Missouri)
 * Columbia, New Hampshire, a town
 * Columbia, New Jersey, a census-designated place
 * Columbia, New York, a town
 * Columbia, North Carolina, a town
 * Columbia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
 * Columbia, Williams County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
 * Columbia, Pennsylvania, a borough
 * Columbia, South Carolina, the capital of South Carolina
 * Columbia metropolitan area (South Carolina)
 * Columbia, South Dakota, a city
 * Columbia, Tennessee, a city
 * Columbia, Virginia, a town
 * Columbia (Richmond, Virginia), a historic home
 * Camp Columbia (Hanford), Washington state, a prison camp during and after World War II
 * Columbia, West Virginia
 * Columbia, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
 * Columbia, former name of Romney, Indiana, an unincorporated community
 * Columbia, former name of Etna, New York, an unincorporated community
 * Columbia, former name of West Columbia, Texas, a city

Elsewhere

 * Columbia, Queensland, a locality in Australia
 * Camp Columbia (Wacol), Queensland, Australia, during World War II
 * Columbia, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, a village subdivision of the town of Washington
 * Columbia (supercontinent), a prehistoric supercontinent
 * 327 Columbia, an asteroid

Fictional elements

 * Columbia (BioShock), a city in the video game BioShock Infinite
 * Columbia, a character in the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show
 * Columbia Airlines, from the movie Airport 1975

Music

 * Columbia, a style of Cuban rumba
 * Columbia: Live at Missouri University, a 1993 live album by American power pop group Big Star
 * "Columbia" (Oasis song), a song on the 1994 album Definitely Maybe
 * "Columbia", a song on the 2000 album Out There and Back by Paul van Dyk
 * "Columbia", a song on the 2005 album Bloom by Eric Johnson

Publications

 * Columbia Encyclopedia, one-volume encyclopedia published by Columbia University Press
 * Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, annual literary journal published by Columbia University
 * Columbia Magazine, an alumni magazine published by Columbia University
 * Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History, quarterly magazine published by the Washington State Historical Society
 * Columbia, a magazine published by the Knights of Columbus
 * Columbia Magazine, an online magazine published in Columbia, Kentucky

Arts and media companies

 * Columbia Amusement Company, an American burlesque chain that operated from 1902 to 1927
 * Columbia Artists Management, an international talent management agency
 * Columbia Broadcasting System, original name of American broadcast network, CBS; initially Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (1927–1928), then Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (1928–1974), now CBS Inc. (1974–present)
 * Columbia Comics, an American comic book publisher
 * Columbia Games, an American board game company
 * Columbia Graphophone Company, a British record company and label from 1922 to 1973
 * Columbia House, an American mail-order media company
 * Nippon Columbia, formerly Columbia Music Entertainment, a Japanese record company
 * Columbia Records, an American record label founded in 1888, owned since 1988 by Sony Music Entertainment
 * Columbia University Press, affiliated with Columbia University and publisher of Columbia Encyclopedia

Transportation companies

 * Columbia Aircraft, American manufacturer active 1995-2007, taken over by Cessna
 * Columbia Aircraft Corporation, American manufacturer active 1927-1947, originally Columbia Air Liners Inc.
 * Columbia Bicycles of Hartford, Connecticut
 * Columbia (automobile brand) (1899–1913), originally expanded from the bicycle line
 * Columbia Helicopters, based in Aurora, Oregon
 * Columbia Motors of Detroit, Michigan (1917–1924)
 * Columbia Railway, a historic Washington, D.C. streetcar company
 * Columbia Transit (COMO Connect), a bus company serving Columbia, Missouri
 * Columbia Transportation, the university bus system of Columbia University

Other companies

 * Columbia Brewery in Canada
 * Columbia Data Products, a software company in Florida
 * Columbia Forest Products, a forest manufacturing company in North Carolina
 * Columbia Gas Transmission, a gas pipeline between the U.S. Gulf Coast and New York
 * Columbia Industries, a bowling manufacturing company
 * Columbia Insurance Group, an insurance company
 * Columbia Management Group, a financial services company
 * Columbia Mining Company, amalgamated in 2001 with Teck Resources as Teck-Cominco
 * Columbia Power Corporation, Canada
 * Columbia Restaurant, Florida

People

 * Al Columbia (born 1970), American artist, writer and cartoonist
 * Columbia Eneutseak (or Nancy Columbia; 1893–1959), American actress and screenwriter
 * Columbia Lancaster (1803–1893), a delegate from the Territory of Washington

Schools

 * Columbia Lions, athletic teams representing the university
 * Columbia International University, Columbia, South Carolina
 * Columbia College (disambiguation)
 * Columbia Bible College, Abbotsford, British Columbia
 * Columbia Theological Seminary, formerly in Columbia, now in Decatur, Georgia
 * Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, New York City
 * Columbia High School (disambiguation)
 * Columbia Independent School, Columbia, Missouri
 * Columbia Middle School in Grovetown, Georgia
 * Columbia University, a former name of the University of Portland

School districts

 * Columbia Elementary School District, Redding, California
 * Columbia School District (Mississippi)
 * Columbia Public Schools, Columbia, Missouri

Aircraft and spacecraft

 * Space Shuttle Columbia
 * Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
 * Command Module Columbia, the Command/Service Module for the Apollo 11 mission
 * Columbia XJL, a large amphibian aircraft built only as three prototypes

Naval vessels

 * USS Columbia, any of several ships of the US Navy
 * Columbia-class cruiser, a group of two protected cruisers used by the United States Navy, 1890–91
 * Columbia-class submarine, an upcoming class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines for the United States Navy
 * CSS Columbia, a Confederate (and later U.S. Navy) ironclad ram during the Civil War
 * HMCS Columbia, any of several commissioned vessels of the Royal Canadian Navy

America's Cup yachts

 * Columbia (1871 yacht)
 * Columbia (1899 yacht)
 * Columbia (1958 yacht)

Other ships

 * Columbia (Arrow Lakes sternwheeler)
 * Columbia (barque), in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company on the Columbia River and along the Pacific Northwest Coast
 * Columbia (collapsed paddle steamer), a paddle steamer excursion boat which sank on the Illinois River in July 1918
 * Columbia (sidewheeler 1850), a steamboat in Oregon
 * MV Columbia, a large passenger and automobile ferry in the Alaska Marine Highway System fleet
 * SS Columbia, a historic excursion steamer docked in Ecorse, Michigan, United States
 * SS Columbia (1880), a coastal passenger liner which made the first commercial use of Edison's light bulb
 * SS Columbia (1889), an ocean liner, later renamed Rapido, a cruiser for the Spanish Navy
 * United States lightship Columbia (WLV-604), the first lightship on the Pacific Coast of the United States, docked in Astoria, Oregon
 * Columbia Rediviva, commonly known as the Columbia, a maritime fur trade vessel

Other uses

 * Columbia Carousel, carousels in amusement parks
 * Columbia sheep, an American breed
 * Columbia (supercomputer), named for the space shuttle
 * Columbia, another name for the 2-4-2 classification of steam locomotives
 * Sailing Ship Columbia, a themed ride at Disneyland
 * Team Columbia, a professional cycling team sponsored by Columbia Sportswear
 * Columbia (Hewlett-Packard), a codename for the HP OmniGo 700LX palmtop PC