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Columba
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columba columbă
Translingual
thumb|Columba oenas
Etymology
From mul la columba dove, pigeon.
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Columbidae doves and pigeons
Hypernyms
genus ; Columbinae subfamily subfamily
Hyponyms
genus Columba oenas species type species; Columba albitorques species, Columba argentina species, Columba arquatrix species, Columba elphinstonii species, Columba guinea species, Columba hodgsonii species, Columba iriditorques species, Columba janthina species, Columba larvata species, Columba leucomela species, Columba leuconota species, Columba livia species, Columba malherbii species, Columba oliviae species, Columba pallidiceps species, Columba palumboides species, Columba pollenii species, Columba pulchricollis species, Columba punicea species, Columba sjostedti species, Columba thomensis species, Columba torringtoniae species, Columba trocaz species, Columba vitiensis species other species
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Columba (genus)
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English
Etymology
From en la columba dove, pigeon. The dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit in Christianity.
Pronunciation
en /kəˈlʌm.bə/
en /ˈkɒ.ləm.bə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Columba.wav Southern England
en /ˈkɑ.ləm.bə/ GA
en ʌmbə 3
en Co lum ba
Proper noun
Saint Columba of Iona, 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.
en constellation A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dove.
Derived terms
mul Columbae
Related terms
en Calum Colm Columb columbarium columbary Columbia columbine Columbus Malcolm
Translations
St. Columba
Breton: br Koulm m
Catalan: ca Coloma m
Galician: gl Comba f
Icelandic: is Kólumkilli m
Irish: ga Colm Cille
Old Irish: sga Columb Cille
Japanese: ja コルンバ Korunba
Manx: gv Colum Keeilley m
Marathi: mr कोलंबा
Occitan: oc Colomba m, oc Coloma m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Calum Cille
constellation
Arabic: ar الْحَمَامة
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 天鴿座
Esperanto: eo Kolombo
Finnish: fi Kyyhkynen
French: fr Colombe f
Galician: gl Pomba
German: de Taube f
Greek: el Περιστερά f
Irish: ga Colm m an Colm
Japanese: ja 鳩座 Hatoza, ja はと座 Hatoza
Kazakh: kk Көгершін
Korean: ko ^비둘기자리
Low German:
German Low German: nds-de Duuv f
Malay: ms Merpati
Polish: pl Gołąb m
Russian: ru Голубь
Spanish: es Columba
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Spanish
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
es constellation en Columba constellation