Columbus

Columbus is an Anglicized version of the Italian surname Colombo, which means dove. The name was originally given to dove keepers.

Columbus may refer to:

People

Christopher Columbus, navigator, explorer, colonizer - who brought public awareness of the Americas to Europeans
Chris Columbus (filmmaker), an American film maker
Scott Columbus, long-time drummer for the heavy metal band Manowar
Columbus Short, an American choreographer and actor
St. Columba, Irish Gaelic missionary monk
Realdo Colombo, anatomist and surgeon from the 16th century

Places

In the United States:

Columbus, Ohio, the state capital of Ohio and the best-known and largest place named Columbus in the United States
- Columbus Metropolitan Area, places both inside and outside of the city proper but still within the metro area
Columbus, Arkansas
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Illinois
Columbus, Indiana
Columbus, Kansas
Columbus, Kentucky
Columbus, Minnesota
Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus, Montana
Columbus, Nebraska

Other

Columbus (ISS module), the European module for the International Space Station
Columbus (song), a song by the band Kent from their album Tillbaka till samtiden
COLUMBUS, ab initio quantum chemistry software
Columbus Day
Columbus tubing, Italian manufacturer of bicycle and motorsport tubing
Carry On Columbus, a 1992 film
Knights of Columbus
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
USS Columbus, various ships of the US Navy

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