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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Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which has set a 17 April deadline to file the requests.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Lavallo is referring to Ronald Breslow, a Columbia University chemist who proposed in 1958 that vitamin B1 could transform into a carbene to enable key biochemical reactions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

Cesar Andres Mendez Garzon, who was also taken into custody on Thursday, is from Columbia and entered the United States in 2023 in Arizona.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

“That’s really the real price that refiners are paying,” said Daniel Sternoff, a senior fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The statute does contain an opt-out provision, but as of 2010 only thirteen states and the District of Columbia had opted out entirely.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander