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Columba
[ kuh-luhm-buh ]
noun
- Saint, a.d. 521–597, Irish missionary in Scotland.
- Also called Columba Noae [noh, -ee]. Astronomy. the Dove, or Noah's Dove, a southern constellation between Caelum and Canis Major.
Columba
1/ əˈʌə /
noun
- as in Alpha Columbae. a small constellation in the S hemisphere south of Orion
Columba
2/ əˈʌə /
noun
- Columba, Saint?521597MIrishRELIGION: missionaryRELIGION: saint Saint. ?521–597 ad , Irish missionary: founded the monastery at Iona (563) from which the Picts were converted to Christianity. Feast day: June 9
Other Word Forms
- ·ܳb adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Columba1
Example Sentences
Bush was referring to the three children of his son Jeb and his Mexican-born wife, Columba, and he said the comment had been misinterpreted.
She said while she saw pedestrians on the pavement, she did not see Xander or his mother walking outside the St Columba's Hospice Charity shop.
The star of Unexplained: Caught on Camera paid £200 for the doll from the St Columba's Hospice shop and now plans to keep it at her home in Cheshire.
No. 25 Princeton has won 15 straight games and sits a game in front of Columba in the Ivy League standings.
The discovery of the object was made while observing a large cluster of stars known as NGC 1851, located in the southern constellation of Columba, using the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa.
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