Columbia

[ kuh-luhm-bee-uh ]

noun

1. a river in southwestern Canada and the northwestern United States, flowing south and west from southeastern British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1,214 miles (1,955 km) long.
2. Cape Columbia, a cape on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean: northernmost point of Canada.
3. a city in and the capital of South Carolina, in the central part.
4. a city in central Missouri.
5. a city in central Maryland.
6. a city in central Tennessee.
7. a city in southeastern Pennsylvania.
8. Literary. the United States of America.
9. one of an American breed of large sheep, developed by crossbreeding the Lincoln and Rambouillet, noted for its good market lambs and heavy fleece of medium length.
10. Aerospace. the first space shuttle to orbit and return to earth.

Columbia

¹

/ kəˈlʌmbɪə /

noun

1. the first test vehicle of the NASA space shuttle fleet to prove the possibility of routine access to space for scientific and commercial ventures

Columbia

²

/ kəˈlʌmbɪə /

noun

1. 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 (1200 miles)
2. a city in central South Carolina, on the Congaree River: the state capital. Pop: 117 357 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

District Court for the District of Columbia under the mutual legal assistance treaty between the United States and Brazil, asking the court to order the emerald’s forfeiture.

From Los Angeles Times

District Court for the District of Columbia, who is overseeing the case, is expected to make a decision on Google’s punishment by August 2025.

From Los Angeles Times

District Court for the District of Columbia, could move cautiously.

From New York Times

Ramana of the University of British Columbia, it is “a folly to consider nuclear energy as clean”.

From BBC

District Court for the District of Columbia that found Google had illegally maintained a monopoly in online search.

From New York Times