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After the discovery of America, it was a colony of the Spanish Kingdom. Then after it became independent as "La Gran Colombia" and further independences reduced it to what is now known as Colombia

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It was given in honor to Christopher Columbus.

Christoper Columbus

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christpher colombous

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