• azi
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    1 month ago

    Though indirectly, it’s named after Columbus… as in Christopher Columbus

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      1 month ago

      Not really, it is named after the Columbia River, named after the ship that found the mouth, the Columbia Rediviva.

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        1 month ago

        Columbia, from Columbus, has always been a common poetic name for the US and it’s this that the ship is named after. The name of BC is one of many on the continent that ultimately derives from Columbus

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          1 month ago

          Sure if you stretch it. But BC wasn’t named aftet Columbus “discovering” it. Changing the name to remove a a non-connection is just putting glitter on shit