COLUMBIA
Columbia
Columbia is a historical and poetic name used for the United States of America and is also the name of its female personification. It has inspired the names of many persons, places, objects, institutions, and companies; i.e., Columbia University, the District of Columbia, and the Columbia River. Columbia was largely displaced as the female symbol of the U.S. by the Statue of Liberty around 1920.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Columbia (name)
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