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Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "Colombo". It most commonly refers to:
- Christopher Columbus
- Columbus, Ohio, United States
Columbus may also refer to:
Contents
People
- Bartholomew Columbus, younger brother of Christopher
- Chris Columbus (filmmaker), American film maker
- Scott Columbus, long-time drummer for the heavy metal band Manowar
- Columbus Short, American choreographer and actor
- Generation of Columbuses, tragic generation of Poles born ca. 1920, who had to fight 20 years later
Places
In the United States, Columbus may refer to:
- Columbus, Georgia
- Columbus, Illinois
- Columbus, Indiana
- Columbus, Kansas
- Columbus, Kentucky
- Columbus, Minnesota
- Columbus, Mississippi
- Columbus, Montana
- Columbus, Nebraska
- Columbus, New Jersey
- Columbus, New Mexico
- Columbus, New York
- Columbus, North Carolina
- Columbus, North Dakota
- Columbus, Ohio
- Columbus, Texas
- Columbus, Wisconsin
- Columbus (town), Wisconsin
- Columbus County, North Carolina
- Columbus Air Force Base
- Columbus Avenue (Manhattan), a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City, also known as Ninth Avenue
- Columbus Circle, a traffic circle and major landmark in Manhattan
- Columbus Avenue (San Francisco), a diagonal street that runs through the North Beach and Chinatown areas of San Francisco, California
Other uses
- Columbus (ISS module), the European module for the International Space Station
- Columbus (spacecraft), a program to develop an European space station 1986-1991
- Columbus (song), a song by the band Kent from their album Tillbaka till samtiden
- COLUMBUS, ab initio quantum chemistry software
- ColumBus, former name of Howard Transit in Howard County, Maryland
- Carry On Columbus, a 1992 film
- Knights of Columbus, fraternal organization of Roman Catholic men
- MS Columbus, a cruise ship owned by Hapag-Lloyd
- SS Columbus (1873), an American merchantman converted in 1878 into the Russian cruiser Asia
- SS Columbus (1924), a transatlantic ocean liner for the North German Lloyd steamship line
- SS Christopher Columbus, Great Lakes excursion liner (1893 - 1933)
- SS City of Columbus, a passenger steamer that sailed from Boston to Savannah (Sank January 18, 1884 off Martha's Vineyard taking 97 lives)
- USS Columbus, various ships of the US Navy
- Columbus Crew, Major League Soccer team
- Columbus Clippers, International League minor league baseball team
- Columbus Blue Jackets, National Hockey League team
- Columbus Cottonmouths, Southern Professional Hockey League team
- Columbus Wood Bats, Great South League minor league baseball team
- Columbus Lions, Southern Indoor Football League team
- Columbus Riverballers, American Basketball Association team
- Columbus Tubing, an Italian manufacturer of bicycle frame tubing
See also
- Columbia (disambiguation)
- St. Columba
- Columbus Day
- Waiting For Columbus, 1978 live album by the rock band Little Feat
- Columbus Township (disambiguation)
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