List of places named for Christopher Columbus
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A number of places, mostly in the Western Hemisphere, have been named for Christopher Columbus, the Italian voyager who was the first European to make the New World widely known to Europeans.
- British Columbia, province of Canada
- Colombia and the earlier Greater Colombia, country of South America.
- Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka (altered by the Portuguese from a similar-sounding native name)
- Colon, Panama, city
- Colon (Panamanian province)
- Columbia, South Carolina, city
- Columbia River, United States
- Colombo (Brazilian municipality and city in the state of Paraná, Brazil)
- Columbus, Georgia, city
- Columbus, Mississippi, city
- Columbus, Ohio, city
- District of Columbia
- Columbiana County, Ohio
The Space Shuttle Columbia, Columbia University and Columbia Broadcasting System and the Salvadorean and Costa-Rican currencies named colón were also named for him.