Columbia

a river in SW Canada and the NW United States, flowing S and W from SE British Columbia through Washington along the boundary between Washington and Oregon and into the Pacific. 1214 miles (1955 km) long.
Cape, a cape on the N 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 SE 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.
(italics) U.S. Aerospace. the first space shuttle to orbit and return to earth.
a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km).
Capital: Columbia.
Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
Contemporary Examples

Alexa Ray Joel’s Struggle Jacob Bernstein December 6, 2009
How Opium Can Save Afghanistan Reza Aslan December 18, 2008
Big Woman on Campus Kate Taylor October 21, 2008
Gingrich Claims of Veracity in Divorces Don’t Hold Up Wayne Barrett, Kyle Roerink December 29, 2011
The Most Armed States The Daily Beast June 27, 2010

Historical Examples

The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 Hubert Howe Bancroft
Stanford Stories Charles K. Field
The Columbia River William Denison Lyman
Dead Giveaway Gordon Randall Garrett
A Social History of The American Negro Benjamin Brawley

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)
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
noun
a state of the southeastern US, on the Atlantic: the first state to secede from the Union in 1860; consists largely of low-lying coastal plains, rising in the northwest to the Blue Ridge Mountains; the largest US textile producer. Capital: Columbia. Pop: 4 147 152 (2003 est). Area: 78 282 sq km (30 225 sq miles) Abbreviation and zip code SC

Note: One of the thirteen colonies.

Note: One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.