The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work, Volume 7Americana Corporation, 1960 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... COLUMBIA , kô - lŭm'bi - ĺ , a popular name for the United States used in patriotic poems and songs . It derives from Christopher Columbus , as does the name of the South American Republic of Colombia . COLUMBIA , city , Mississippi ...
... COLUMBIA , kô - lŭm'bi - ĺ , a popular name for the United States used in patriotic poems and songs . It derives from Christopher Columbus , as does the name of the South American Republic of Colombia . COLUMBIA , city , Mississippi ...
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... Columbia the greatest of North American rivers in potential water power . The river rises in glacier - fed Columbia Lake in southeastern British Columbia and at first flows northwestward . Then , skirting the Selkirk Mountains , it ...
... Columbia the greatest of North American rivers in potential water power . The river rises in glacier - fed Columbia Lake in southeastern British Columbia and at first flows northwestward . Then , skirting the Selkirk Mountains , it ...
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... COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY , a 60- mile scenic highway leading out of the city of Portland , Ore . , to Hood River , and traversing the notably picturesque scenery along the Co- lumbia River ... COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY - COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 337.
... COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY , a 60- mile scenic highway leading out of the city of Portland , Ore . , to Hood River , and traversing the notably picturesque scenery along the Co- lumbia River ... COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY - COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 337.
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