"Columbia" meaning in Latin

See Columbia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [koˈlum.bi.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Columbiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Columbia [nominative, singular], Columbiae [genitive, singular], Columbiae [dative, singular], Columbiam [accusative, singular], Columbiā [ablative, singular], Columbia [singular, vocative]
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  1. (New Latin) Colombia (a country in South America; official name: Rēspūblica Columbiae; capital: Bogota) Tags: New-Latin, declension-1, feminine, singular Categories (place): Countries in South America

Inflected forms

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