come from?
2007-09-01 06:55:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Washington, D.C.
Bogota.
No, just kidding. Columbia in this context is an early poetic name for the United States of America, a reference to Christopher Columbus, an early European explorer of the Americas.
2007-09-01 07:02:15 · answer #1 · answered by Big Feet 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Columbia was a poetic term for America derived from Christopher Columbus's name. "Hail, Columbia" was the US's first national anthem which was played at George Washington's first inauguration. There are also many counties in the US name Columbia also named for this reason.
2007-09-01 12:11:45 · answer #2 · answered by shoredude2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in Honor of Christopher Columbus. who claimed to have discovered America( he wasn't the first one here, and in fact when he made land he wasn't CONUS at all)
2007-09-01 12:02:27 · answer #3 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋