COLUMBIA

Columbia

(noun) a university town in central Missouri

Columbia, capital of South Carolina

(noun) capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina

Columbia

(noun) a town in west central Tennessee

Columbia, Columbia River

(noun) a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Co*lum"bi*a, n.

Definition: America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. Dr. T. Dwight.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

15 March 2025

TRUNCATION

(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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