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, South Carolina, the state capital of South Carolina

• Columbia, Missouri, the fourth-most populous city in Missouri

Columbia may also refer to:

Places

North America

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

• Washingtonia (colony) a Greek refugee colony established in 1829, later named Washingtonia

• 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

Arts, entertainment and media

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 the 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

• Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean, an American patriotic song

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

Companies

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

• Columbia Pictures, a movie studio owned by Sony

• Columbia Museum of Art, an art museum located in Columbia, South Carolina

• 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 TriStar Television, a former American television production and distribution company, re-incorporated as Sony Pictures Television in 2002

• Columbia University Press, affiliated with Columbia University and publisher of Columbia Encyclopedia

• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, a home video distribution company of Sony formerly known as Columbia TriStar Home Video until 2001 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment until 2004

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 Machine, an American 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

• Columbia Sportswear, an American company that manufactures and distributes outerwear, sportswear, footwear, headgear, camping equipment, ski apparel, and outerwear accessories

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

• Columbia Mishra – Indian-American aerospace engineer, named for the Space Shuttle

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

• Columbia (ship)

Other uses

• Columbia (carousel), two carousels at Great America parks owned by Six Flags

• 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

See also

• Miss Columbia (disambiguation)

• Columbia Center (disambiguation)

• Columbia Mall (disambiguation)

• Columbia TriStar (disambiguation)

• Colombia (disambiguation)

• Colombian (disambiguation)

• Colombiana (disambiguation)

• Colombo (disambiguation)

• Columba (disambiguation)

• Columbiad, a type of large-caliber cannon from the 19th century

• Columbian (disambiguation)

• Columbiana (disambiguation)

• Columbus (disambiguation)

• Columba, saint

• Columbanus, saint

• Columbium, former name for the element Niobium