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Colombia

co·lom·bia

UK/kəˈlʊm.bi.ə/ US/kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/ fairly common

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Borrowed from Spanish Colombia, from Italian Colombo (“Cristoforo Colombo”); named after Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Equivalent to Colombo + -ia; piecewise doublet of Columbia.

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