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Wikipedia: Columbia (pronounced /kəˈlʌmbiə/) & (kuh-LUHM-bee-uh), is a poetic name for the Americas and the feminine personification of the United States of America. It has inspired the names of many persons, places, objects, institutions, and companies in the Western Hemisphere and beyond. Columbia is a New Latin toponym, combining a stem Columb- based on the surname of the explorer Christopher Columbus and an ending -ia, common in Latin names of countries (e.g.
![[Personification of Columbia, from a Columbia Records phonograph cylinder package]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ColumbiaHerselfSmall_s.jpg "Personification of Columbia, from a Columbia Records phonograph cylinder package")
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![[Personified Columbia, from a World War I patriotic poster.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ColumbiaStahrArtwork_s.jpg "Personified Columbia, from a World War I patriotic poster.")
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