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'''Columbus''' is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''[[Colombo (surname)|Colombo]]''". It most commonly refers to:

* [[Christopher Columbus]] (1451–1506), the Italian explorer
* [[Columbus, Ohio]], the capital city of the U.S. state of Ohio
* [[Columbus, Georgia]], a city in the U.S. State of Georgia

'''Columbus''' may also refer to:
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==Places==
===Extraterrestrial===
* [[Columbus (crater)]], a crater on Mars
* [[Columbus (ISS module)|''Columbus'' (ISS module)]], the European module for the International Space Station
* [[Columbus (spacecraft)|''Columbus'' (spacecraft)]], a program to develop a European space station 1986–1991

===Italy===
* [[Columbus (Rome)]], a residential district

===United States===
* [[Columbus, Arkansas]]
* [[Columbus, Georgia]], the 119th-most populous city in the United States, and the 2nd-largest in Georgia after Atlanta
* [[Columbus, Illinois]]
* [[Columbus, Indiana]], known for modern architecture
* [[Columbus, Kansas]]
* [[Columbus, Kentucky]]
* [[Columbus, Minnesota]]
* [[Columbus, Mississippi]]
* [[Columbus, Missouri]]
* [[Columbus, Montana]]
* [[Columbus, Nebraska]]
* [[Columbus, New Jersey]]
* [[Columbus, New Mexico]]
* [[Columbus, New York]]
* [[Columbus, North Carolina]]
* [[Columbus, North Dakota]]
* [[Columbus, Ohio]], the largest city in the United States with this name
* [[Columbus, Texas]]
* [[Columbus, Wisconsin]]
* [[Columbus (town), Wisconsin]]
* [[Columbus Avenue (disambiguation)]]
* [[Columbus Circle]], a traffic circle in Manhattan, New York 
* [[Columbus City (disambiguation)]]
* [[Columbus Township (disambiguation)]]

==Persons with the name==
===Forename===
* [[Columbus Caldwell]] (1830–1908), American politician 
* [[Columbus Germain]] (1827–1880), American politician
* [[Columbus Short]] (born 1982), American choreographer and actor

===Surname===
* [[Bartholomew Columbus]] (c. 1461–1515), Christopher Columbus' younger brother
* [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)]] (born 1958), American filmmaker
* [[Diego Columbus]] (1479/80–1526), Christopher Columbus' eldest son
* [[Ferdinand Columbus]] (1488–1539), Christopher Columbus' second son
* [[Scott Columbus]] (1956–2011), long-time drummer for the heavy metal band Manowar

==Arts, entertainment, and media==
===Films===
* [[Columbus (2015 film)|''Columbus'' (2015 film)]], an Indian comedy, subtitled "Discovering Love"
* [[Columbus (2017 film)|''Columbus'' (2017 film)]], an American drama set amidst the architecture of Columbus, Indiana
* [[Columbus (Star Trek)|''Columbus'' (''Star Trek'')]], a shuttlecraft in the ''Star Trek'' series

===Music===
====Opera====
* [[Columbus (Egk)|''Columbus'' (Egk)]], German-language opera by Egk, 1943
*''Columbus'', 1855 opera by [[František Škroup]]
* ''[[Christophe Colomb]]'', French-language opera by Milhaud often referred to as ''Columbus'' in English sources

====Other uses in music====
* [[Columbus (Herzogenberg)|''Columbus'' (Herzogenberg)]], large scale cantata by Heinrich von Herzogenberg 1870
*"Colombus", song by Mary Black from [[No Frontiers]]
* [[Columbus (song)|"Columbus" (song)]], a song by the band Kent from their album ''Tillbaka till samtiden''

===Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media===
* [[Columbus (novel)|''Columbus'' (novel)]], a 1941 novel about Christopher Columbus by Rafael Sabatini
* [[Columbus (Bartholdi)|''Columbus'' (Bartholdi)]], a statue depicting Christopher Columbus by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, in Providence, Rhode Island, US
* Columbus Edwards, the character known as Lum of ''[[Lum and Abner]]''

==Brands and enterprises==
* [[COLUMBUS]], ab initio quantum chemistry software
* ''ColumBus'', former name of [[Howard Transit]] in Howard County, Maryland
* [[Columbus Communications]], a cable television and broadband speed Internet service provider in the Caribbean region
* [[Columbus Salame]], an American food processing company
* [[Columbus Tubing]], an Italian manufacturer of bicycle frame tubing
* [[Columbus Buggy Company]], an American automotive manufacturer from 1875 to 1913

==Ships==
* [[Columbus (1824 ship)|''Columbus'' (1824)]], a disposable ship built to transport lumber from North America to Britain
* [[MS Columbus|MS ''Columbus'']], a cruise ship owned by Plantours & Partner GmbH
* [[MV Columbus|MV ''Columbus'']], a cruise ship owned by Seajets
* [[SS Christopher Columbus|SS ''Christopher Columbus'']], Great Lakes excursion liner (1893–1933)
* [[SS City of Columbus|SS ''City of Columbus'']], a passenger steamer that sailed from Boston to Savannah and sank off Martha's Vineyard in 1884
* [[SS Columbus (1873)|SS ''Columbus'' (1873)]], an American merchantman converted in 1878 into the Russian cruiser ''Asia''
* [[SS Columbus (1924)|SS ''Columbus'' (1924)]], a transatlantic ocean liner for the North German Lloyd steamship line
* [[USS Columbus|USS ''Columbus'']], various ships of the US Navy

==Other uses==
* Columbus hops, a [[List of hop varieties#Columbus|variety of hops]]
* [[Generation of Columbuses]], a generation of Poles born ca. 1920, who had to fight twenty years later
* [[Columbus (shopping centre)]], a shopping centre in Vuosaari, Helsinki, Finland

==See also==
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* [[Christopher Columbus (disambiguation)]]
* [[Columbus City Hall (disambiguation)]]
* [[Columba]]
* [[Columbia (disambiguation)]]
* [[Columbus Day]]
* [[List of places named for Christopher Columbus]]
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