Columbia vs Madison

Columbia

name
  • A town in Washington County, Maine. 

  • A town in Coos County, New Hampshire. 

  • A river in British Columbia, Canada and in Washington and Oregon, United States, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Ocean. 

  • America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus. 

  • The capital city of South Carolina, and the county seat of Richland County. 

  • An unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa. 

  • A supercontinent thought to have existed in the Paleoproterozoic. 

  • A city in Brown County, South Dakota. 

  • A census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey. 

  • An unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. 

  • A census-designated place and planned community in Howard County, Maryland. 

  • A city in Monroe County, Illinois. 

  • A rural locality in northeast Queensland, Australia. 

  • A borough of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 

  • An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio. 

  • An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia. 

  • An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Indiana. 

  • A town in Herkimer County, New York. 

  • A neighborhood of San Diego, California. 

  • Columbia University. 

  • A town in Houston County, Alabama. 

  • Space Shuttle Columbia, named after the Columbia Rediviva ship. 

  • A town, the county seat of Tyrrell County, North Carolina. 

  • A city, the county seat of Marion County, Mississippi, named for the city in South Carolina. 

  • An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia. 

  • A city, the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee. 

  • A town in Tolland County, Connecticut. 

  • A city, the county seat of Adair County, Kentucky. 

  • An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin. 

  • A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California. 

  • A town, the parish seat of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. 

  • A city, the county seat of Boone County, Missouri. 

Madison

name
  • A town in Maine. 

  • A male given name transferred from the surname. 

  • A city, the county seat of Lake County, South Dakota; named for Madison, Wisconsin. 

  • A city, the county seat of Madison County, Florida. 

  • A borough in Pennsylvania. 

  • A city in Arkansas. 

  • A village in Ohio; named for either James Madison or Madison, Connecticut. 

  • A city in Kansas. 

  • A number of townships in the United States, listed under Madison Township. 

  • A city in Mississippi. 

  • A city, the county seat of Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota; named for Madison, Wisconsin. 

  • A town in North Carolina. 

  • A female given name transferred from the surname, popular since 1984 when it appeared as the name of a mermaid in the film Splash. 

  • A city in Missouri. 

  • A town in Wisconsin, adjacent to the city of Madison (listed above). 

  • An English surname originating as a matronymic; (US politics) used specifically of James Madison (1751–1836), a Founding Father and fourth president of the United States. 

  • A city in Illinois. 

  • A borough in Morris County, New Jersey. 

  • A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Indiana. 

  • A town in Connecticut. 

  • A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Georgia. 

  • The capital city of Wisconsin, United States, and the county seat of Dane County. 

  • A town, the county seat of Madison County, Virginia; named for the landowning Madison family, of which James Madison is a descendant. 

  • A town in New Hampshire. 

  • A city, the county seat of Madison County, Nebraska; named for its county, itself for James Madison. 

  • A town in New York and a village within that town. 

  • A city, the county seat of Boone County, West Virginia. 

  • A river in Wyoming and Montana, United States; named for James Madison. 

  • A census-designated place in Yolo County, California; named for Madison, Wisconsin. 

  • A city in Alabama. 

noun
  • A particular line dance commonly danced to the Ike & Tina Turner song Nutbush City Limits. 

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