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columba.

pigeon; dove; (term of endearment); (bird of Venus/symbol of love/gentleness);

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kɔˈɫʊm.ba]Classical-Latin[koˈlum.ba]
  1. dove, pigeon

    declension-1 · feminine
  2. a term of endearment

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”). (Aristophanes [Birds, 304] and others use the word κολυμβίς (kolumbís, “diver, sea-bird”).)

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