"Mike DeMeo" wrote in message
...
Columbia South America, late sunday night back in 1975, to New York.
Had a great Panasonic Radio that had am/fm/ low and high police and
UHF . Wish I could remember the model #

"Columbia" is a district, a river, a university and a space shuttle. It is
not a country.

The country is "Colombia."

You know David...I never realized that is was
"COLOMBIA" and not "Columbia"

Thanks
Mike




On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:21:41 GMT, "David Eduardo"
wrote:


"Mike DeMeo" wrote in message
.. .
Columbia South America, late sunday night back in 1975, to New York.
Had a great Panasonic Radio that had am/fm/ low and high police and
UHF . Wish I could remember the model #

"Columbia" is a district, a river, a university and a space shuttle. It is
not a country.

The country is "Colombia."

"Mike DeMeo" wrote in message
...
You know David...I never realized that is was
"COLOMBIA" and not "Columbia"

And the origin is simple...

We say "Columbia" from the spelling of Christopher Columbus.

In Spanish, he is Cristóbal Colón.

Thus the " o" instead of the "u."