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Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "Colombo". It most commonly refers to:
- Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer
- Columbus, Ohio, capital of this U.S. state
Columbus may also refer to:
Places
in the United States:
- Columbus, Georgia
- Columbus, Illinois
- Columbus, Indiana, known for modern architecture
- Columbus, Kansas
- Columbus, Kentucky
- Columbus, Minnesota
- Columbus, Mississippi
- Columbus, Missouri
- Columbus, Montana
- Columbus, Nebraska
- Columbus, New Jersey
- Columbus, New Mexico
- Columbus, New York
- Columbus, North Carolina
- Columbus, North Dakota
- Columbus, Ohio, the largest city in United States with this name
- Columbus, Texas
- Columbus, Wisconsin
- Columbus (town), Wisconsin
- Columbus Township (disambiguation)
In space
- Columbus (ISS module), the European module for the International Space Station
- Columbus (spacecraft), a program to develop a European space station 1986–1991
- Columbus (crater), a crater on Mars
Arts and media
- Columbus (novel), a 1941 novel by the British writer Rafael Sabatini depicting the explorations of Christopher Columbus
Film and television
- Columbus (2015 film), an Indian comedy, subtitled "Discovering Love"
- Columbus (2017 film), an American drama set amidst the architecture of Columbus, Indiana
- Columbus (Star Trek), a shuttlecraft in the Star Trek series
- Columbus Edwards, the character known as Lum of Lum and Abner
Music
- Columbus, 1855 opera by František Škroup
- Columbus (Herzogenberg), large scale cantata by Heinrich von Herzogenberg 1870
- Columbus (Egk), German-language opera by Egk, 1943
- Christophe Colomb, French-language opera by Milhaud often referred to as Columbus in English sources
- Christopher Columbus, pastiche of music by Offenbach to a new English libretto by Don White recorded by the Opera Rara label in 1977
- "Columbus" (song), a song by the band Kent from their album Tillbaka till samtiden
Businesses and organizations
- Columbus Communications, a cable television and broadband speed Internet service provider in the Caribbean region
- Columbus Salame, an American food processing company
- Columbus Tubing, an Italian manufacturer of bicycle frame tubing
- ColumBus, former name of Howard Transit in Howard County, Maryland
Ships
- MS Columbus, a cruise ship owned by Hapag-Lloyd
- SS Christopher Columbus, Great Lakes excursion liner (1893–1933)
- SS City of Columbus, a passenger steamer that sailed from Boston to Savannah and sank off Martha's Vineyard in 1884
- 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
- USS Columbus, various ships of the US Navy
People
Surname
- Bartholomew Columbus (c. 1461–1515), younger brother of Christopher Columbus
- Chris Columbus (filmmaker) (born 1958), American film maker
- Diego Columbus (1479/80–1526), eldest son of Christopher Columbus
- Ferdinand Columbus (1488–1539), the second son of Christopher Columbus
- Scott Columbus (1956–2011), long-time drummer for the heavy metal band Manowar
Forename
- Columbus Caldwell (1830–1908), American politician
- Columbus Germain (1827–1880), American politician
- Columbus Short (born 1982), American choreographer and actor
Other uses
- COLUMBUS, ab initio quantum chemistry software
- Columbus hops, a variety of hops
- Generation of Columbuses, a generation of Poles born ca. 1920, who had to fight twenty years later
See also
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- Christopher Columbus (disambiguation)
- Columbia (disambiguation)
- Columbus Day
- Columba
- All pages beginning with Columbus
- All pages with a title containing Columbus
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