Difference between Columbia and Colombia

What is the difference between Columbia and Colombia?

Columbia as a proper noun is america; the united states; an appellation given in honor of columbus, the discoverer. while Colombia as a proper noun is country in south america. official name: republic of colombia.

Columbia

Part of speech: proper noun

Definition: America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. The female personification of the USA. The capital and largest city of South Carolina. A city in Missouri Shortened form of Columbia University. The space shuttle Columbia.

Example sentence: My youngest brother and I went on a ten-day canoe trip in Bowron Provincial Park in British Columbia years ago. Believe it or not, we took only granola, thinking we'd be eating a lot of lake trout. Well, we neglected to bring along a net, and our fishing line was only 8-lb. test.

Colombia

Part of speech: proper noun

Definition: Country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia.

Example sentence: Democracy is like three oxen pulling a plough. The oxen are the independent powers, but you have to walk in the same direction; otherwise, you cannot plough and that is what was happening in Colombia. One ox was walking in one direction, the other in another direction, so the democracy was not working.

We hope you now know whether to use Columbia or Colombia in your sentence.

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