2006-09-20 17:22:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Washington, D.C.
"Columbia" is a poetic informal title for the continent discovered by Christopher Columbia.
So Columbia is the capital city of the continent discovered by Columbia and named after Washington -- ergo Washington, (the Federal property district) of Columbia
Similar to this is a province in western Canada, British (as opposed to American or other country in North America) Columbia or B.C., just north of Washington State and Idaho.
2006-09-20 17:27:24 · answer #1 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The federal district was named the District of Columbia because Columbia was a poetic name for the United States used at the time.
*Note to other responder above mine: it was Christopher COLUMBUS, not Christopher Columbia...
Good night, and good luck. Col. Kurtz
2006-09-21 00:40:02 · answer #2 · answered by Col. Kurtz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's always the dictionary to use for some things. Surprisingly, it is another word for USA.
NOUN:
The United States.
Columbia is the feminine latin version of Columbus, and was used to name a country, a province of Canada, and at least 3 principal cities in the USA ... in Missouri, S. Carolina, and Maryland. It is also the first word of CBS.
2006-09-21 02:34:36 · answer #3 · answered by tichur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋