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colmena.

beehive

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɔlˈmena/
  1. beehive

    Proto-Ibero-Romance · declension-1 · reconstruction
Where this word comes from

Uncertain; probably borrowed from a Hispano-Celtic language, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā, from *kolmos (“straw”) + *-īnā (relational suffix).

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