A number of places, mostly in the Western Hemisphere, have been named after Christopher Columbus, the voyager who was the first European to make the New World widely known to Europeans.
- British Columbia Canadian Province.
- Colombia and the earlier Greater Colombia, country of South America.
- Colombo, former capital of Sir Lanka (altered by the Portuguese from similar-sounding native name)
- Colin, Panama, city
- Colón (Panamanian province)
- Columbia, Maryland, census-designated place
- Columbia, Missouri, city
- Columbia, South Carolina, city
- Colombo (Brazilian municipality and city in the state of Parana, Brazil)
- Columbus, Georgia, city
- Columbus, Indiana, city
- Columbus, Mississippi, city
- Columbus, Wisconsin, city
- Columbus, Ohio
- District of Columbia
- Colombian County, Ohio
- Colombian, Ohio, city
- Columbia County, Pennsylvania
- Columbus Circle, New York City
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, places, named and/or columbus:
“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”
—Janet Frame (b. 1924)
“Lastly, his tomb
Shall list and founder in the troughs of grass
And none shall speak his name.”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)
“Words whispered on Earth are heard in Heaven like thunder; evil done in dark places the gods see like lightning.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The Puritans, to keep the remembrance of their unity one with another, and of their peaceful compact with the Indians, named their forest settlement CONCORD.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)