Colombia

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From Spanish Colombia, from Italian Colombo(“Cristoforo Colombo”); named after Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506).


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Colombia

South American nation, independent from 1819 as part of Gran Colombia (after its breakup in 1830, known as New Granada, then Colombia from 1863); named for Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (Italian Colombo, Portuguese Colom, Spanish Colón). Related: Colombian.