General Reference
- Pronunciation: i/kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/
- Common English country name: Colombia
- Official English country name: The Republic of Colombia
- Common endonym(s): Colombia
- Official endonym(s): República de Colombia
- Adjectival(s): Colombian
- Demonym(s): Colombian
- Etymology: Name of Colombia
- International rankings of Colombia
- ISO country codes: CO, COL, 170
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:CO
- Internet country code top-level domain: .co
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