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. 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)

Columbia

²

/ 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

Example Sentences

Mr Mahdawi, a philosophy student at Columbia University in New York City who was due to graduate next month, was taken into custody in Colchester, Vermont.

From BBC

Most alarming, however, may be the appeasement politics of university administrations — most notably at Columbia, where officials agreed to a series of draconian anti-student policies after Trump threatened $400 million in federal funding.

From Salon

Last month, Columbia University agreed to many of the administration's demands in the wake of the protests - after the government cut $400m in funding.

From BBC

While Columbia University ceded to some of Trump's demands earlier this month, Harvard became the first major US university to take the opposite approach.

From BBC

On Monday, he met with British Columbia Premier David Eby to discuss collaboration opportunities in the lumber industry, national transportation corridors and affordable housing projects, according to his office.

From Los Angeles Times