Columba
English
proper noun
Definitions
- Saint 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.
- (constellation) A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dove.
Etymology
Derived from Latin columba (dove, pigeon).
Origin
Latin
columba
Gloss
dove, pigeon
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- columbarium English
- columba Latin
- columbarium Latin
- columbinus Latin
- columbula Latin
- colomba Italian
- κόλυμβος Ancient Greek
- colombe Old French
- colomen Welsh
- Colmán Old Irish
- columb Old Irish
- columba Romansh
- cónba Ligurian