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Meaning of Columba | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
kəˈlʌm.bə

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

العربية الحمامة
Català coloma
Deutsch Taube
Ελληνικά περιστερά
Español Columba
Suomi Kyyhkynen
Français colombe
Gaeilge Colm Cille
Galego comba pomba
日本語 コルンバ はと座 鳩座
한국어 비둘기자리
Bahasa Melayu merpati
Polski gołąb
Português Columba
Русский Голубь

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

columbamide columbamine columbariid columbarium columbary columbate

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