| Definitions | | Columba |
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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.
Translations: - French: Colombe
- German: Taube
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- Spanish: Columba
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Etymology: From (term, columba, , a dove, lang=la)
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