Columbus

Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "Colombo". It most commonly refers to:

• Christopher Columbus
• Columbus, Ohio, United States

Columbus may also refer to:

People

• Bartholomew Columbus, younger brother of Christopher
• Chris Columbus (filmmaker), American film maker
• Scott Columbus, long-time drummer for the heavy metal band Manowar
• Columbus Short, American choreographer and actor
• Generation of Columbuses, tragic generation of Poles born ca. 1920, who had to fight 20 years later

Places

In the United States, Columbus may refer to:

• Columbus, Georgia
• Columbus, Illinois
• Columbus, Indiana
• Columbus, Kansas
• Columbus, Kentucky
• Columbus, Minnesota
• Columbus, Mississippi
• Columbus, Montana
• Columbus, Nebraska
• Columbus, New Jersey
• Columbus, New Mexico
• Columbus, New York
• Columbus, North Carolina
• Columbus, North Dakota
• Columbus, Ohio
• Columbus, Texas
• Columbus, Wisconsin
• Columbus (town), Wisconsin
• Columbus City, Iowa
• Columbus County, North Carolina
• Columbus Air Force Base
• Columbus Avenue (Manhattan), a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City, also known as Ninth Avenue
• Columbus Circle, a traffic circle and major landmark in Manhattan
• Columbus Avenue (San Francisco), a diagonal street that runs through the North Beach and Chinatown areas of San Francisco, California

Other uses

• Columbus (ISS module), the European module for the International Space Station
• Columbus (spacecraft), a program to develop an European space station 1986-1991
• Columbus (novel), a 1941 novel by the British writer Rafael Sabatini depicting the explorations of Christopher Columbus
• Columbus (song), a song by the band Kent from their album Tillbaka till samtiden
• COLUMBUS, ab initio quantum chemistry software
• ColumBus, former name of Howard Transit in Howard County, Maryland
• Carry On Columbus, a 1992 film
• Knights of Columbus, fraternal organization of Roman Catholic men
• 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
• SS Christopher Columbus, Great Lakes excursion liner (1893 - 1933)
• SS City of Columbus, a passenger steamer that sailed from Boston to Savannah and sank off Martha's Vineyard
• USS Columbus, various ships of the US Navy
• Columbus Crew, Major League Soccer team
• Columbus Clippers, International League minor league baseball team
• Columbus Blue Jackets, National Hockey League team
• Columbus Cottonmouths, Southern Professional Hockey League team
• Columbus Wood Bats, Great South League minor league baseball team
• Columbus Lions, Southern Indoor Football League team
• Columbus Riverballers, American Basketball Association team
• Columbus Tubing, an Italian manufacturer of bicycle frame tubing
• Columbus Salame, an American food processing company

See also

• Columbia (disambiguation)
• St. Columba
• Columbus Day
• Waiting For Columbus, 1978 live album by the rock band Little Feat
• Columbus Township (disambiguation)