Why is Washington called the District of Columbia?

Columbia was one of the early names of the United States of America. For this reason, many events related to the United States are named after Colombia.

"Columbia" was the first poetic and universally accepted name for what is today the United States. It was used before the American Revolution in 1776, but became less common in the early 20th century. But there are still many affairs named after Colombia in North America today, as detailed below.

Before the 18th century, the British colonies in North America did not regard the Spanish navigator Columbus as the hero who discovered America for political reasons. But when the United States was founded, it began to regard Columbus as the hero who founded the Americas, and called its country Colombia. After the American Declaration of Independence named the United States as the "United States of America", some people still thought that the name "United States" was awkward to pronounce and unpoetic. The most likely time to change the name was the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, who were most advocating for the name change at that time, were alone in France, old and low-key, so the country's name was not changed in the end. But the name Columbia became very popular and became the name of many places in the United States.

Columbia, like Uncle Sam, is an anthropomorphic symbol of the United States. But Colombia is a female figure. Colombia was still used as a representative of the United States until the early 20th century.

Some people suspect that the name of Colombia is related to the secret group Illuminati, because many government leaders in the early days of the United States were members of the German immigrant group "the Bavarian Illuminati Colombian Order". The Illuminati's influence on the United States can still be seen in the Great Seal of the United States and U.S. dollar banknotes.

The names of the following things in the United States and Canada come from the American nickname Columbia:

* Columbia River: a river in the United States

* British Columbia: Canadian A province

* Washington, DC: the capital of the United States

* Columbia Mountain, Columbia Glacier

* There are 16 states in the United States with Columbia cities and towns

* There are multiple Columbia counties, highlands, stations, beaches, etc. in the United States and Canada

* CBS, Columbia Pictures and many other companies in the United States

* Columbia University and many Columbia colleges in the United States

* NASA's Columbia space shuttle, Apollo 11's command module Columbia

* Many schools in the United States and Canada A warship and several trains are named after Colombia

In English, Spanish and other languages, the spelling of the South American country Colombia is Colombia, while the Colombia related to North America is Columbia. Not the same. After the Chinese transliteration, it is also Colombia. Both stem from the history of Columbus's discovery of America.