Columbus Definition & Meaning

columbus
noun
  1. the state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University
  2. Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
  3. a town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama
  4. a city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; industrial center

"Columbus" in song lyrics

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  • "When I was 12, I slept in buckets, reminisce juvy back in Columbus"
    Bizzy Bone — Social Studies
  • "Call it what you want, I'm the king of Columbus"
    Bow Wow — How You Move It
  • "Sellin' Greenhouse tapes in Columbus"
    Greenhouse Effect — Square One

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