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No. Colombia was named for the huge dove population found there

by the first Europeans (Spanish) to visit that part oF South America.

Doves are members of the Columbidae family (pigeons and doves in the order Columbiformes.

In the Spanish language Cristopher Columbus is known as Colon;

if the Spanish named a country after him it should be Colonia, but the

original reason has been lost to time and anglicization.

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