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
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“There was a young lady named Bright,
Who traveled much faster than light.”
—Arthur Buller (1874–1944)
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