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Did Columbus influence Columbia's name

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Indeed, the name Columbia comes from the toponymic stem Columb-, based upon the name of Christopher Columbus, and adding a Latinized suffix -ia, common in names such as Britannia, used for Britain, and Gallia, used to refer to the Western European region of Gaul.

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