Columbia (name) is a poetic name for America (in the sense of "European colonies in the New World") and the feminine personification of the United States of America; it has inspired the names of many persons, places, objects, institutions, and companies.

also see: Colony of British Columbia

Columbia may also refer to:

Animals

• Columbia pebblesnail, a North American species of gastropod
• Columbia (sheep), an American breed of sheep
• Columbia Spotted Frog
• Columbia Torrent Salamander, a North American species of amphibian

Companies

• Columbia Aircraft
• Columbia 350, aircraft (now known as Cessna 350)
• Columbia 400, aircraft (now known as Cessna 400)
• Columbia Airlines, fictional airline from Airport 1975
• Columbia Bicycles of Hartford, Connecticut
• Columbia Automobile Company of Hartford, Connecticut which operated between 1899 and 1913, originally expanded from the bicycle line
• Columbia Brewery in Canada
• Columbia Broadcasting System, CBS radio and television networks
• Columbia Artists Management
• CBS Columbia Square, in Hollywood, California, West Coast home of CBS radio and television
• Columbia Workshop, a CBS television series in the 1930s-40s
• Columbia Comics
• Columbia Forest Products
• Columbia Games
• Columbia Gas Transmission, a gas pipeline between the U.S. Gulf Coast and the state of New York
• Columbia Industries
• Columbia Management Group
• Columbia Motors of Detroit, Michigan (1917-1924)
• Columbia Pictures
• Columbia Pictures Television
• Columbia TriStar Television
• Columbia Records, named for the District of Columbia
• Columbia Country Classics, a multi-volume set of country music recordings released in 1990 by Legacy Recordings
• Columbia Graphophone Company
• Columbia Music Entertainment
• Columbia Masterworks Records
• Columbia Symphony Orchestra a former part of the Columbia Records company
• The Columbia Studio Recordings (1964-1970), a box set of recordings by Simon & Garfunkel
• The Columbia Years, 1955-1985, a Miles Davis compilation of recordings
• The Columbia Years 1943–1952: The V-Discs, a set of recordings by Frank Sinatra
• The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings, a set of recordings by Frank Sinatra
• Columbia Sportswear, formerly the Columbia Hat Company, named for the Columbia River (vide infra)
• Columbia Sussex
• Columbia Yachts

Music

• "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean", an American patriotic song
• "Hail, Columbia", an early anthem of the United States and now the official anthem of the Vice President
• "Columbia", a song on the 1994 Oasis album Definitely Maybe
• "Columbia", a song by Paul van Dyk on the 2000 album Out There and Back
• "Columbia", a song on the 2005 album Bloom (Eric Johnson album)
• Columbia Lane - the Last Sessions, an album by Australian country music singer Slim Dusty