Answer:

columbia

Answer	Crossword Clue
COLUMBIA	Ivy League member in the Big Apple
COLUMBIA	South Carolina's capital
COLUMBIA	Ivy League school

COLUMBIA	New York Ivy
COLUMBIA	Capital of South Carolina.
COLUMBIA	Statehouse, South Carolina U., and the Congaree River.
COLUMBIA	America.
COLUMBIA	The United States.
COLUMBIA	Famed ocean gem
COLUMBIA	Home of some Lions
COLUMBIA	The gem of the ocean

COLUMBIA	Its students are Lions