Columbia is a city in Adair County, Kentucky, United States, just above Russell Creek. The area was settled around 1802 by Daniel Trabue. The post office was opened on April 1, 1806 by John Field, who also ran a local store. The population was 4,014 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Adair County. For the origin of the name see Columbia. The Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway runs through Columbia as it extends from Bowling Green, KY to Somerset, KY.
Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence(verb) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.
Medical Definition of THIGH. 1. : the proximal segment of the vertebrate hind or lower limb extending from the hip to the knee and supported by a single large boneâcompare femur 1. 2. : the segment of the leg immediately distal to the thigh in a bird or in a quadruped in which the true thigh is obscured.: the proximal segment of the vertebrate hind or lower limb extending from the hip to the knee b: the segment of the leg immediately distal to the thigh in a bird or in a quadruped in which the true thigh is obscured c: the femur of an insect.