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What is the Columbia in "District of Columbia"?
The Question: In the phrase, "District of Columbia"- to what or whom does 'Columbia' refer? The Answer: The District of Columbia is named after…British Columbia
(Encyclopedia) CE5 British Columbia, province, 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada.…Columbia College
(Encyclopedia) Columbia College: see Columbia University.Columbia Heights
(Encyclopedia) Columbia Heights, city (2020 pop. 20,311), Anoka co., SE Minn., a residential suburb adjoining Minneapolis, on the Mississippi River;…Columbia Plateau
(Encyclopedia) Columbia Plateau, physiographic region of North America, c.100,000 sq mi (259,000 sq km), NW United States, between the Rocky Mts. and the Cascade Range in Washington, Oregon, and…Columbia sheep
(Encyclopedia) Columbia sheep, medium-wool breed developed in the United States using Lincoln and Rambouillet sheep crosses. The breed was developed primarily for the Western ranges but is also used…Columbia University
(Encyclopedia) Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the…Brewer's: Washington of Columbia
Simon Bolivar (1785-1831). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894WassailWashing A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Down the Columbia to Tidewater
Chapter 15 Chapter 17 Down the Columbia to Tidewater The voyagers were now drifting down the Columbia River, and they found the way impeded by many rapids, some of them very…Trending
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