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Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.
Aravind Adiga

Meaning of "Columbia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLUMBIA

Columbia  [kəˈlʌmbɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLUMBIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Columbia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COLUMBIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Columbia in the English dictionary

The definition of Columbia in the dictionary is a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km. Other definition of Columbia is a city in central South Carolina, on the Congaree River: the state capital. Pop: 117 357.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLUMBIA


Arabia
əˈreɪbɪə
beer
bɪə
bier
bɪə
cambia
ˈkæmbɪə
Colombia
kəˈlɒmbɪə
cumbia
ˈkʊmbɪə
Gambia
ˈɡæmbɪə
gambier
ˈɡæmbɪə
gambir
ˈɡæmbɪə
homophobia
ˌhəʊməʊˈfəʊbɪə
jambier
ˈdʒæmbɪə
Kabir
kəˈbɪə
Libya
ˈlɪbɪə
Namibia
nɑːˈmɪbɪə
Rabia
rəˈbɪə
Senegambia
ˌsɛnəˈɡæmbɪə
Serbia
ˈsɜːbɪə
suburbia
səˈbɜːbɪə
tibia
ˈtɪbɪə
Zambia
ˈzæmbɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLUMBIA

Colum
Columba
Columbae
columbaria
columbarium
columbary
columbate
Columbian
columbic
columbine
columbite
columbium
columbous
Columbus
Columbus Day

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLUMBIA

Abia
acrophobia
Bessarabia
British Columbia
Castellammare di Stabia
della Robbia
District of Columbia
euphorbia
hydrophobia
Islamophobia
Libia
Nubia
phobia
Picabia
Robbia
Saudi Arabia
The Gambia
urbia
xenophobia
Zenobia

Synonyms and antonyms of Columbia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Columbia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLUMBIA

Find out the translation of Columbia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Columbia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Columbia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

哥伦比亚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Columbia
570 millions of speakers

English

Columbia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोलंबिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كولومبيا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Колумбия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Columbia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কলাম্বিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Britannique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Columbia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Columbia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コロンビア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

컬럼비아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Columbia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Columbia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொலம்பியா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोलंबिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Columbia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Columbia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kolumbia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Колумбія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Columbia
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Columbia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Columbia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Columbia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Columbia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Columbia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLUMBIA»

The term «Columbia» is very widely used and occupies the 4.331 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLUMBIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Columbia

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10 QUOTES WITH «COLUMBIA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Columbia.
1
Aravind Adiga
Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.
2
Scott Adsit
I went to film school at Columbia and did that for a couple years, and really thought I was going to be a filmmaker, and then I kind of drifted over to the acting side after that.
3
Sidney Altman
Eight months later, having left Columbia, I was studying physics in a summer program and working in Colorado when I decided to enroll as a graduate student in biophysics.
4
Sidney Altman
I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to work in a laboratory and wondering if I should continue in physics.
5
William Henry Ashley
Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean.
6
Russell Banks
A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties.
7
Rand Beers
The purpose of Plan Columbia was to deal with the increased cultivation and illegal activity associated with that cultivation concerning narco trafficking in Columbia.
8
Dave Brubeck
I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has died, I'm the only one left. And great players like Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan, it's hard to believe they're gone because we were all so close. But I believe in the future and the tradition will go on.
9
Duane G. Carey
There's been a tremendous amount of work that's been done that you can't see in Columbia.
10
Kelsey Chow
I definitely want to study global health. Right now I'm working on all the prerequisite core curriculum that Columbia has. So getting all of that out of the way. And I definitely want to pursue something along the lines of public health.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLUMBIA»

Discover the use of Columbia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Columbia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia
The author of Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent offers his observations on the exploitation of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, assessing the effects of dams, irrigation, and flood control on the people and environment ...
Blaine Harden, 1997
2
The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature
With a generous selection of new translations commissioned for this book, readers will find the best short fiction, poetry, and essays from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in this first comprehensive collection of twentieth-century ...
Joseph S. M. Lau, Howard Goldblatt, 2007
3
The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the ...
In Watson's skilled hands, they all become accessible, intelligible, and highly readable. This is surely a great achievement.
Burton Watson, 1984
4
Columbia: The First Space Shuttle
Chronicles the building and lift-off of Columbia, the first space shuttle.
Heather Feldman, 2005
5
The Columbia History of American Television
Television is a form of media without equal.
Gary Edgerton, 2013
6
The Shorter Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature
This shorter anthology retains the characteristics of the original in that it is arranged according to genre rather than chronology and interprets "literature" very broadly to include not just literary fiction, poetry, and drama, but folk ...
Victor H. Mair, 2013
7
The Columbia Master Book Discography: Principal U.S. matrix ...
The work is divided among four volumes. The first volume covers the Matrix Series 1 through 4999 spanning the years 1901 to 1910. The second volume covers the Principal U.S. Matrix Series spanning the years 1910-1924.
Tim Brooks, Brian Rust, 1999
8
Columbia: first flight of the space shuttle
Describes the history of the space shuttle program, recounts the flight of the first shuttle, and offers brief profiles of Columbia's first pilots
Michael D. Cole, 1995
9
Columbia: Final Voyage
On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia was completing what appeared to be a "routine" spaceflight. Columbia was NASA's oldest shuttle - the very first launched into space (in 1981).
Philip Chien, 2006
10
The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations
Gathers more than eleven thousand quotations arranged by more than fifteen hundred subjects from ability, banality, and candor to war, youth, and zoos
Robert Andrews, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLUMBIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Columbia is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Police respond to shooting near Columbia Heights playground
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Police responded to a shooting near a playground in Columbia Heights Tuesday afternoon, according to the ... «W*USA 9, Jul 15»
2
BCSO: Body found in Columbia County is Sharon Jackson
According to a statement released on Facebook, BSCO said they worked with the Columbia County Sheriff's Office and would like to thank the ... «First Coast News, Jul 15»
3
Four Stabbed at Columbia Bus Stop
"We are proud of the strong working relationship we have with the Columbia Police Department and will provide any information the ... «WLTX.com, Jul 15»
4
Columbia, South Carolina, offers unique mix of Confederacy, culture …
South Carolina's capital of Columbia is emblematic of the state's struggle between history and present. The battle to remove the Confederate ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
5
Kennewick council OKs pursuing return of Columbia River shore to …
Larry Schiefelbein, left, splashes his nephew Matthew, 11, as Sandy Martin walks by during the River of Fire Festival at Columbia Park in ... «Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, Jul 15»
6
Gunshots heard near Columbia Heights park filled with children
Parents playing with their children at a crowded park in Columbia Heights reported hearing gunshots on Tuesday morning. Officer Paul Metcalf ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
7
Confronting “the g word” in Columbia City
Columbia City, long celebrated for its diversity, has seen rents, lease rates and home prices rise, changing the character of the neighborhood. «Seattle Globalist, Jul 15»
8
Ex-CPA star, UT guard Braxton Bonds commits to Columbia State
KNOXVILLE – Former Christ Presbyterian Academy star and University of Tennessee point guard Braxton Bonds committed to Columbia State ... «The Tennessean, Jul 15»
9
Columbia University Was Invested in Incarceration—Until Students …
So it's no wonder that student activists were angered when they found that their Ivy League institution, Columbia University, held significant ... «The American Prospect, Jul 15»
10
Columbia HS athletics win state sportsmanship award
EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. (NEWS10) – For Columbia High School athletics, it's not just about winning and losing. The Blue Devils paint a much ... «NEWS10 ABC, Jul 15»

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