yes the Columbia river was named after Columbus
queen victoria named it British Columbia
Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, was named in honour of Queen Victoria.
It was named by Queen Victoria.
Distric of Columbia
There is a Columbia, Missouri, a Columbia, South Carolina and a Columbia, Louisiana.
No Columbia is named after the famous explorer Christopher Columbus. You may have heard of him (he did discover North America)
Columbia was named after Christopher Columbus, but the first person to actually set foot on the land was Alonso de Ojeda.
On September 9, 1791, the federal city was named in honor of George Washington, and the district was named the Territory of Columbia, Columbia being a poetic name for the United States in use at that time.
Columbia
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The Columbia and the Challenger