List of places named for Christopher Columbus
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 Sri 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 in the state of Parana, Brazil)
- Columbus, Georgia, city
- Columbus, Indiana, city
- Columbus, Mississippi, city
- Columbus, Nebraska, city
- Columbus, Texas, city
- Columbus, Wisconsin, city
- Columbus, Montana
- Columbus, Ohio
- District of Columbia
- Columbiana County, Ohio
- Columbiana, Ohio, city
- Columbia County, New York
- Columbia County, Pennsylvania
- Columbia County, Wisconsin
- Columbus Circle, New York City
- Colon Street, Cebu, Philippines
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