Re: [HCDX] Colombia or Columbia??

["Mike Brooker" <aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I noticed that Colombia now is written as "Columbia" and wonder why noone
> has commented on this one, since many of us seems to be next to perfect as
> comes to the language and the origin of words.
>
> I learn long time ago from a Colombian author (who won the Nobel prize)
> that the best way to start to honor his country was to write it correctly,
> and that it is really Colombia (from indian Colo..) and not Columbia (from
> Kolumbus).
>
> After that occasion I have thought that Colombia is the only way to write
> the name of this country, but maybe I'm wrong since so many people really
> uses Columbia (and Kolumbia in languages where C is not used).
>

The South American country is always "Colombia" in English.  It is never
written "Columbia" as in British Columbia, the Columbia River, the District
of Columbia, Columbia University, Columbia Broadcasting System, etc.

73
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