Columbia

Columbia
noun
1. a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring
• Syn: ↑Columbia River
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river
• Part Holonyms: ↑Canada, ↑Washington, ↑Evergreen State, ↑WA
2. a town in west central Tennessee
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑town
• Part Holonyms: ↑Tennessee, ↑Volunteer State, ↑TN
3. capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑state capital
• Part Holonyms: ↑South Carolina, ↑Palmetto State, ↑SC
4. a university town in central Missouri
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑town
• Part Holonyms: ↑Missouri, ↑Show Me State, ↑MO
5. a university in New York City
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑university
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ivy League
• Part Holonyms: ↑New York, ↑New York City, ↑Greater New York

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Columbia [Columbia]
the first US ↑space shuttle (= spacecraft that can be used again). Its first flight was in 1981 with two ↑astronauts, John Young and Robert Crippen. By 1996 Columbia had made 20 flights and that year made the longest one (more than 405 hours). In 2003 all seven of its crew members died when the space shuttle exploded as it was returning to earth.

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