Columbia
Americannoun
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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.
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Cape Columbia, a cape on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean: northernmost point of Canada.
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a city in and the capital of South Carolina, in the central part.
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a city in central Missouri.
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a city in central Maryland.
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a city in central Tennessee.
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a city in southeastern Pennsylvania.
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Literary. the United States of America.
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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.
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Aerospace. the first space shuttle to orbit and return to earth.
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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)
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a city in central South Carolina, on the Congaree River: the state capital. Pop: 117 357 (2003 est)
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Example Sentences
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She holds master’s degrees in law and journalism from Columbia Journalism School and Harvard Law.
The Epstein documents include evidence that administrators and professors at other prestigious colleges and universities like Duke, Yale, Bard, Princeton and Columbia also exchanged messages with Epstein.
From Salon
Michael Gerrard, director of Columbia Law School's climate change law center, told AFP the judgment was "devastating."
From Barron's
British Columbia Premier David Eby has said he believes the shooting would have been prevented if the company had alerted police to Van Rootselaar's account months ago.
From BBC
A few minutes later he posted that the president had told him by phone that a Columbia University student whom ICE detained today would be released.
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