columbia

/kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/

name 5

Collocations

ADJ.

british, declining, english

British Columbia is known for its stunning mountains and coastal forests.

VERB + COLUMBIA

am, board, chat, hosted, welcome

I hosted a workshop at Columbia University last spring to discuss climate change solutions.

COLUMBIA + NOUN

canada, entertainment, gadfly, industry, interior, journalism, ontario, quebec

The Columbia journalism school has produced some of the country's most respected reporters.

PREP.

between, from, in, on, out, up

She moved from Columbia to start a new job in the city last spring.

ADV.

rapidly

The technology company expanded rapidly throughout Columbia over the past five years.

Definitions

name

America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus.

A female personification of the United States.

A river in British Columbia, Canada and in Washington and Oregon, United States, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.

District of Columbia. The federal capital region of the United States of America, including Washington, D.C.

Several places in the United States.

Thesaurus

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Idioms & Phrases

give someone Hail Columbia

To scold someone severely.

The teacher gave her students Hail Columbia over their poor test scores.

Example Bank

Dr. [Carl] Hart, 54, the first tenured African-American science professor at Columbia, is a gadfly among drug researchers and a rock star among advocates for decriminalizing drugs.

Wiktionary

A few days ago, my girlfriend Sophie moved from Edmonton, Alberta to Victoria, British Columbia.

Tatoeba · #390388

The coastal ecosystem of British Columbia is rapidly declining.

Tatoeba · #413353

I am from Columbia.

Tatoeba · #436341

This boy is from Columbia.

Tatoeba · #463256

We are from Columbia.

Tatoeba · #464346

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, columbia is marked as dated, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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