Definition of Columbia

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Definition of Columbia
	Columbia America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. Related Definitions: Appellation, Discoverer, Given, Honor, In, Of, Poetical, The, United

Columbia Quotations

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

The purpose of Plan Columbia was to deal with the increased cultivation and illegal activity associated with that cultivation concerning narco trafficking in Columbia.
Rand Beers

The Columbia is lost, but the dreams that inspired its crew remain with us.
Dick Cheney

As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.
Steve Yzerman

I've always loved films, always. I studied literature and I went to Columbia in New York and I went to Paris for part of one year and ended up staying there.
Jim Jarmusch

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera.
Gene Tierney

My father, who was from a wealthy family and highly educated, a lawyer, Yale and Columbia, walked out with the benefit of a healthy push from my mother, a seventh grade graduate, who took a typing course and got a secretarial job as fast as she could.
George Weinberg

I know when I was here prosecuting homicides in the District of Columbia, one of the most effective units here was the cold case squad, which had on it FBI agents, as well as Metropolitan Police Department homicide detectives working together.
Robert Mueller

I remember very much there in Falls Church there was a creek that was flowing down into 4 Mile Run. I believe it's now covered up where it goes under Columbia Street. I found a whole family of weasels down there.
Jim Fowler

Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats.
Constance Baker Motley

Columbia Translations

Columbia in Spanish is Columbia

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