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Columba en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɒ.ləm.bə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈkɑ.ləm.bə/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kəˈlʌm.bə/

Etymology

From Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). The dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit in Christianity.

Meanings

  1. Saint Columba of Iona, one of the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages.
  2. Any of three other Christian saints who bore the name Columba.
  3. A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dove.

Deriveds

Columbae

Relateds

Colm · columbine · columbary · Columbia · Columb · Malcolm · Calum · columbarium · Columbus

Translations (30)

ja はと座 (constellation) · ko 비둘기자리 (constellation) · es Columba (constellation) · el Περιστερά (constellation) · nds-de Duuv (constellation) · fr Colombe (constellation) · cmn 天鴿座 /天鸽座 (constellation) · ja 鳩座 (constellation) · ca Coloma (St. Columba) · gv Colum Keeilley (St. Columba) · de Taube (constellation) · ga an Colm (constellation) · ru Голубь (constellation) · mr कोलंबा (St. Columba) · ms Merpati (constellation) · fi Kyyhkynen (constellation) · br Koulm (St. Columba) · pl Gołąb (constellation) · gl Comba (St. Columba) · oc Coloma (St. Columba) · sga Columb Cille (St. Columba) · is Kólumkilli (St. Columba) · ja コルンバ (St. Columba) · eo Kolombo (constellation) · oc Colomba (St. Columba) · ga Colm Cille (St. Columba) · gd Calum Cille (St. Columba) · ar الْحَمَامة (constellation) · kk Көгершін (constellation) · gl Pomba (constellation)