Columba

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). === Proper noun === Columba f A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae – doves and pigeons. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Columbimorphae – clade; Columbiformes – order; Columbidae – family; Columbinae – subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Columba oenas – type species; Columba albitorques, Columba argentina, Columba arquatrix, Columba elphinstonii, Columba guinea, Columba hodgsonii, Columba iriditorques, Columba janthina, Columba larvata, Columba leucomela, Columba leuconota, Columba livia, Columba malherbii, Columba oliviae, Columba pallidiceps, Columba palumboides, Columba pollenii, Columba pulchricollis, Columba punicea, Columba sjostedti, Columba thomensis, Columba torringtoniae, Columba trocaz, Columba vitiensis – other species === References === Columba (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Columba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Columba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN. == English == === Etymology === From Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). The dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit in Christianity. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈlʌm.bə/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒ.ləm.bə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.ləm.bə/ Rhymes: -ʌmbə Hyphenation: Co‧lum‧ba === Proper noun === Columba Saint Columba 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. (astronomy) A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dove. ==== Derived terms ==== Columbae ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koˈlumba/ [koˈlũm.ba] Rhymes: -umba Syllabification: Co‧lum‧ba === Proper noun === Columba ? (astronomy) Columba (constellation)