see|columba
Translingual
Etymology
L. columba, "dove, "pigeon"
Proper noun
wikipedia|Columba (genus)
Columba
- zoology: A zoological name at the rank of genus in the family Columbidae. The doves and pigeons belong to the large genus Columba.
wikispecies
See also
Columbidae
Columbinae
English
wikipedia
Etymology
From L. term|columba||a dove|lang=la
Proper noun
en-proper noun
- w:Columba|St. Columba of Iona (Old Irish Columb Cille, meaning "Dove of the church"); one of the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages.
- Any of three other Christian saints who bore the name Columba.
- constellation A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dove. It was introduced by Augustin Royer in 1679, as a split from the constellation Canis Major.
Related terms
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Calum
Colm
Columb
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Columbia
Columbus
Malcolm
Translations
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French: Colombe f
German: Taube f
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Russian: �ол�б�
Spanish: Columba
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