Columbia
[kə'lʌmbɪə] or [kə'lʌmbɪr]
Definition
(noun.) a university town in central Missouri.
(noun.) capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina.
(noun.) a town in west central Tennessee.
(noun.) a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring.
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Definition
(n.) America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer.
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Examples
- It was also used in October, 1899, on board the Grande Duchesse to report the international yacht race between the Columbia and the Shamrock at Sandy Hook, as seen in Fig. 13. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- On the 10th he was at Columbia. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Columbia two-seated Dos-a-Dos (Fig. 188), Woods’ Victoria Hansom Cab, and the Riker Electric Delivery Wagon are representative types of the modern electric automobile. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- On the 19th of March he was at Columbia, Tennessee, eighty-five miles from Pittsburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There was found at Columbia a large amount of powder, some artillery, small-arms and fixed ammunition. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A formidable river had to be crossed near Columbia, and that in the face of a small garrison under General Wade Hampton. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- While at Columbia, Sherman learned for the first time that what remained of Hood's army was confronting him, under the command of General Beauregard. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He remained in Columbia until the roads, public buildings, workshops and everything that could be useful to the enemy were destroyed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- During the winter of 1852-3 the territory was divided, all north of the Columbia River being taken from Oregon to make Washington Territory. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- An extreme example could be made of Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- My regiment spent a few weeks at Benicia barracks, and then was ordered to Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River, then in Oregon Territory. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There has since been a great deal of acrimony displayed in discussions of the question as to who set Columbia on fire. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Bogota, the capital of Columbia, is reached on muleback--or was--from Honda on the headwaters of the Magdalena River. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As before, Edison was allotted to press report, and remembers very distinctly taking the Presidential message and veto of the District of Columbia bill by President Johnson. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Note has already been made of the first Edison plants afloat on the Jeannette and Columbia, and the first commercial plant in the New York lithographic establishment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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