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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Then there are also contributions from technologies that are relatively new, Columbia University’s Halff said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

A native of Germany, Aschenbrenner graduated from Columbia University as the 2021 class valedictorian and briefly worked as a researcher at OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

About the author: Bill Grueskin is on the faculty of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

In 2023, the province of British Columbia put restrictions on Americans purchasing its Ozempic after it found that 15% of prescriptions for the drug came from the US, mostly through Canada-based online pharmacies.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

“My wife and sister-in-law have heart trouble and I'll assure you had this horrifying program been fatal to either of them the Columbia Company would have had to answer for it.”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow