Columbia may refer to: Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America Places North America Natural features Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest Columbia River, in Canada and the United States Columbia Bar, a sandbar in the estuary of the Columbia River Columbia Country, the region of British Columbia encompassing the northern portion of that river's upper reaches Columbia Valley, a region within the Columbia Country Columbia Lake, a lake at the head of the Columbia River Columbia Wetlands, a protected area near Columbia Lake Columbia Slough, along the Columbia watercourse near Portland, Oregon Glacial Lake Columbia, a proglacial lake in Washington state Columbia Icefield, in the Canadian Rockies Columbia Island (District of Columbia), in the Potomac River Columbia Island (New York), in Long Island Sound Populated places Columbia City (disambiguation) Columbia County (disambiguation) District of Columbia (disambiguation), including "Columbia District" Columbia Township (disambiguation) Mount Columbia (disambiguation) Canada British Columbia, a province of Canada Columbia District, a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading district in the Pacific Northwest Columbia, British Columbia, a former city in Canada Columbia (electoral district), formerly in British Columbia, Canada, 1903–1928 Columbia Street, New Westminster, the main downtown street of that city, in British Columbia, Canada United States District of Columbia, the United States' capital district Columbia, Alabama, a town Columbia, Arizona, a populated place Columbia, California, a census-designated place and former boomtown Columbia, San Diego, California, a neighborhood Columbia, Connecticut, a town Columbia, Illinois, a city Columbia, Fayette County, Indiana, an unincorporated town Columbia, Iowa, an unincorporated community Columbia, Kentucky, a city Columbia, Louisiana, a town Columbia, Maine, a town Columbia, Maryland, a planned community Columbia, Michigan, a village Columbia, Mississippi, a city Columbia, Missouri, a city Columbia metropolitan area (Missouri) Columbia, New Hampshire, a town Columbia, New Jersey, a census-designated place Columbia, New York, a town Columbia, North Carolina, a town Columbia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, an unincorporated community Columbia, Williams County, Ohio, an unincorporated community Columbia, Pennsylvania, a borough Columbia, South Carolina, the capital of South Carolina Columbia metropolitan area (South Carolina) Columbia, South Dakota, a city Columbia, Tennessee, a city Columbia, Virginia, a town Columbia (Richmond, Virginia), a historic home Camp Columbia (Hanford), Washington state, a prison camp during and after World War II Columbia, West Virginia Columbia, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Columbia, former name of Romney, Indiana, an