Definitions

Columbia

[kuh-luhm-bee-uh] / kəˈlʌm bi ə /

NOUN

United States

Synonyms

WEAK

America Land of Liberty New World U.S. U.S.A. US US of A USA land of opportunity the States

Example Sentences

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Two more couples are isolating on Vancouver Island, one from British Columbia and the other from Yukon.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

There, Lindstrom made a short film about his grandpa that landed him a spot in the MFA program at Columbia University.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Khalil is a former graduate student at New York's Columbia University and was a prominent face of pro-Palestinian protests at the college at the height of the war in Gaza.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard argument in two cases about when the president can target private attorneys.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

Noisy, active, obsessive, eccentric—with a dervishlike mind that spiraled from one scientific question to the next—Thomas Morgan was a professor of zoology at Columbia University.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee