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Columbia

[ kuh-luhm-bee-uh ]

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a river in southwestern Canada and the northwestern United States, flowing south and west from southeastern British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1,214 miles (1,955 km) long.
Cape Columbia, a cape on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean: northernmost point of Canada.
a city in and the capital of South Carolina, in the central part.
a city in central Missouri.
a city in central Maryland.
a city in central Tennessee.
a city in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Literary. the United States of America.
one of an American breed of large sheep, developed by crossbreeding the Lincoln and Rambouillet, noted for its good market lambs and heavy fleece of medium length.
Aerospace. the first space shuttle to orbit and return to earth.

Columbia

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noun

a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
a city in central South Carolina, on the Congaree River: the state capital. Pop: 117 357 (2003 est)

Columbia

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noun

the first test vehicle of the NASA space shuttle fleet to prove the possibility of routine access to space for scientific and commercial ventures

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T&T Supermarket first opened in British Columbia in 1993 and is currently run by the founder’s daughter, Lee, who took over in 2014.

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He teaches at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and is a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy.

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Others such as Columbia University, the epicentre of pro-Palestinian campus protests last year, have agreed to some demands after $400 million of federal funds was threatened.

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I knew he would do great things after transferring to Columbia and beyond.

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His detention followed that of Columbia University student protest organiser Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent resident arrested at home in New York but now awaiting deportation from a facility in Louisiana.

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columbate Columbia Heights

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