Colombia is the country in the north of South America. It has two sea coasts, which is unusual: one on the Pacific Ocean and one on the Caribbean Sea. The capital is Bogotá.

Colombia哥倫比亞 is the country是位在 in the north of South America南美洲北部的國家。 It它 has two sea coasts有兩個海岸， which而這 is unusual很少見： one on the Pacific Ocean一個在太平洋， and而 one on the Caribbean Sea一個在加勒比海。 The capital首都 is Bogotá是波哥大。

English speakers often meet the name first on a coffee bag — coffee from Colombia is famous — and also in news about oil and coal. Older English news also talked about Colombia as a huge producer of cocaine; government pressure later cut that from its old peak. That is part of how the country has appeared in English, but it is not a fair picture of daily life there.

English speakers英語母語者 often meet the name first最常先在 on a coffee bag咖啡包裝上遇到這個名字 —— coffee from Colombia哥倫比亞咖啡 is famous很有名 —— and而且 also也出現在 in news about oil and coal關於石油和煤礦的新聞裡。 Older English news比較早期的英文新聞 also talked about也把 Colombia哥倫比亞說成 as a huge producer of cocaine古柯鹼的大生產國； government pressure政府的壓力 later後來 cut that from its old peak讓產量從當年的高峰降下來。 That這 is part of只是 how the country has appeared in English這個國家在英文世界裡曾經被呈現的一部分， but但 it它 is not a fair picture of並不是一個公平的呈現 daily life there那裡真正的日常生活。

Spanish speakers named it after Christopher Columbus — in Italian his family name is Colombo — plus a place ending, so the name is a way of saying “Columbus’s land.” English kept the Spanish spelling with two o’s: Colombia.

Spanish speakers說西班牙語的人 named it after用...來命名它 Christopher Columbus哥倫布 —— in Italian在義大利文裡 his family name他的姓 is Colombo是Colombo —— plus加上 a place ending一個地名字尾， so所以 the name這個名字 is a way of saying就是在說 "Columbus's land."「哥倫布的土地」。 English英文 kept the Spanish spelling with two o's保留了西班牙文兩個o的拼法： Colombia Colombia。

Though actually, English also has Columbia with a u, and that is another spelling of the same man’s name, used for other places: the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.), British Columbia in Canada, Columbia University. Those use u. The country uses o. People mix them up all the time, including people who grew up with English, so checking the vowels is not a small-student mistake — it is the whole trick.

Though actually不過其實， English英文 also has也有 Columbia有u的Columbia with a u， and而這 is another spelling of the same man's name是同一個人名字的另一種拼法， used for other places用在別的地方： the District of Columbia哥倫比亞特區 (Washington, D.C.)（華盛頓特區）、 British Columbia加拿大的卑詩省 in Canada、 Columbia University哥倫比亞大學。 Those這些 use u用的是u。 The country這個國家 uses o用的是o。 People人們 mix them up all the time常常把兩個搞混， including people who grew up with English連從小說英文長大的人也一樣， so所以 checking the vowels檢查母音 is not a small-student mistake不是初學者才會犯的小錯 —— it它 is the whole trick就是整個訣竅所在。

It is a proper name. You do not say “a colombia.” For people and things from the country, you want Colombian.

It它 is a proper name是專有名詞。 You你 do not say不會說 "a colombia."「a colombia」。 For people and things from the country要指這個國家的人或東西時， you你 want要用的是 Colombian Colombian。