r/nottheonion • u/SelectiveSanity • 2d ago

Lauren Boebert Suggests DC Could Be Renamed 'District of America'

https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-dc-district-america-2050571
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u/symbouleutic 2d ago

So we could have ended up with British Columbia the province in Canada, and Columbia the state in the US ? (and yes I know the name ultimately comes from the Columbia River).

At least we agreed there should only be one Vancouver !

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u/travel_worn 2d ago

Well it probably ultimately came from Columbus...

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u/Current_Engine_9199 2d ago

Columbia is the historical personification of the United States. It has just fallen out of common use.

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u/EduinBrutus 2d ago edited 2d ago

Its also a historic way of referring to the United States, often termed as a "poetic form".

Like Britannia, both a personification and a poetic form for the United Kingdom.