columbia

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsColumbia River

   Broaderriver

   Part ofCanadaWashington
2. 2.

   a town in west central Tennessee

   Broadertown

   Part ofTennessee
3. 3.

   capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina

   Synonymscapital of South Carolina

   Broaderstate capital

   Part ofSouth Carolina
4. 4.

   a university town in central Missouri

   Broadertown

   Part ofMissouri
5. 5.

   a university in New York City

   SynonymsColumbia University

   Broaderuniversity

   Part ofNew YorkIvy League

Other forms of columbia

plural

columbias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about columbia

What does columbia mean?

columbia means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in columbia?

columbia has 4 syllables: co-lum-bi-a. The stress falls on "lum". In IPA it is /kəˈlʌmbiə/.

What is another word for columbia?

Close synonyms include Columbia River, capital of South Carolina, Columbia University. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is columbia a common word?

columbia is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with columbia?

1 word rhymes with columbia. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.