Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "Columba" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COLUMBA

Latin, literally: dove.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF COLUMBA

Columba  [kəˈlʌmbə] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLUMBA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Columba is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COLUMBA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Columba

Saint Columba was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in present-day Scotland. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. He is the Patron Saint of Derry. He was highly regarded by both the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Picts, and is remembered today as a Christian saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. Columba reportedly studied under some of Ireland's most prominent church figures and founded several monasteries in the country. Around 563 he and his twelve companions crossed to Dunaverty near Southend, Argyll in Kintyre before settling in Iona in Scotland, then part of the Irish kingdom of Dál Riata, where they founded a new abbey as a base for spreading Christianity among the northern Pictish kingdoms who were pagan. He remained active in Irish politics, though he spent most of the remainder of his life in Scotland. Three surviving early medieval Latin hymns may be attributed to him.

Definition of Columba in the English dictionary

The definition of Columba in the dictionary is as in Alpha Columbae. a small constellation in the S hemisphere south of Orion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLUMBA


calumba
kæˈlʌmbə
clumber
ˈklʌmbə
cucumber
ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə
dorsolumbar
ˌdɔːsəʊˈlʌmbə
Humber
ˈhʌmbə
lumbar
ˈlʌmbə
lumber
ˈlʌmbə
number
ˈnʌmbə
outnumber
ˌaʊtˈnʌmbə
renumber
ˌriːˈnʌmbə
rumba
ˈrʌmbə
slumber
ˈslʌmbə
umber
ˈʌmbə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLUMBA

Colum
Columbae
columbaria
columbarium
columbary
columbate
Columbia
Columbian
columbic
columbine
columbite
columbium
columbous
Columbus
Columbus Day

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLUMBA

Bemba
caramba
Cochabamba
gamba
hamba
kalimba
Knights of St. Columba
limba
Lumumba
Macumba
mamba
marimba
mitumba
Moomba
rhumba
samba
simba
Sumba
Toowoomba
Zumba

Synonyms and antonyms of Columba in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Columba» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF COLUMBA

Find out the translation of Columba to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Columba from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Columba» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Columba
570 millions of speakers

English

Columba
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Columba
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كولومبا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Колумба
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Columba
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Columba
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Columba
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Columba
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Columba
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コルンバ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비둘기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Columba
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Columba
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொலம்பா´ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोलंबबा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Columba
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Columba
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Columba
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Колумба
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Columba
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Columba
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Columba
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Columba
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Columba
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Columba

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLUMBA»

The term «Columba» is regularly used and occupies the 55.540 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
74
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «Columba» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of Columba
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Columba».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLUMBA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Columba» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Columba» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Columba

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLUMBA»

Discover the use of Columba in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Columba and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Life of St Columba
An engaging account of one of the central figures in the 'Age of Saints', this is a major work of early Irish and Scottish history.
Adomnan of Iona, 1995
2
Saint Columba: Apostle of Caledonia
A narrative from the third vol. of "The Monks of the West."
Charles Forbes comte de Montalembert, 1868
3
Cassian the Monk
This book is a study of the life, monastic writings, and spiritual theology of John Cassian (c., 360-435).
Columba Stewart Associate Professor of Theology St. John's University, 1998
4
Critical Security Studies
This new four-volume collection from Routledge provides a timely anthology of the subdiscipline’s best and most influential scholarship to help users make sense of a now dizzyingly large body of literature and a continuing explosion in ...
Nick Vaughan-Williams, Columba Peoples, 2012
5
Columba: The man and the myth
A history of the life of St Columba, this book examines the character of this remarkable sixth-century saint, who settled on Iona and whose influenced is still felt.
Mitchell Bunting, 1990
6
The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature: From Columba ...
We see Columba prophesying the presence of a great whale between Iona and Tiree, and the different reactions of the captains of two boats that encounter it; or praying for a husband and wife where the latter had a physical aversion to her ...
Ian Brown, 2007
7
Adomnán's Life of Columba
This new edition of a source indispensable for the study of the early medieval church meets a major scholarly need.
Adamnan (helgen.), Alan Orr Anderson, Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, 1991
8
The Life of St. Columba, Founder of Hy
Hence the conversion of the latter formed a grand project for the exercise of missionary exertion, and St. Columba at once applied himself to the task. He visited the king at his fortress“; and having surmounted the difficulties which at first lay in ...
Saint Adamnan, William Reeves (Bp. of Down, Connor and Dromore), 1857
9
The Life of Saint Columba: Founder of Hy
of civil note, as Tara, Uishnech, and Cashel, we can easily perceive the principle upon which the present synod was held at a royal station in Meath. especially if the object was, as White, Ussher, and Colgan suppose, to censure St. Columba ...
Saint Adamnan, William Reeves, 1874
10
Suicide-Related Behaviour: Understanding, Caring and ...
In this book, it is put forward that they are two sides of the same coin and this coin is called suicide-related behaviour. This book makes sense of suicide-related behaviour in terms of understanding its aetiology.
Columba McLaughlin, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLUMBA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Columba is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bush dines with popular Republican counselor: Romney
Jeb Bush and wife, Columba, “were grateful for the opportunity to host Governor and Mrs. Romney for lunch,” said a statement from the Bush ... «KING5.com, Jul 15»
2
Shots fired between Donald Trump and Modern Family writer on …
Columba Bush came to the United States from Mexico legally. Donald Trump retweets 'illegal immigrant' remarks that target Jeb Bush' wife. «New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV, Jul 15»
3
Republicans' 2016 field will soon be vetted but not by voters
He doubled down over the weekend by re-tweeting a slur directed at Bush and his Mexican-born wife Columba: “Jeb Bush has to like the ... «seattlepi.com, Jul 15»
4
12 Baby Names Inspired By Animals
Some wonderful possibilities: Jonah or Jonas, Callum or Columba, Jemima or Dove itself. But at the top of the list we'd place Paloma, the ideal ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
Cool Spaces: Celtic tradition set in stone in Slate Belt
... such as the Celtic Eye, St. Columba Chapel, Thor's Gate and the St. Oran Bell Tower, which is where many of the special events take place. «lehighvalleylive.com, Jul 15»
6
Littwin: Sanders, Trump blockbusters of the 2016 presidential race
Columba Bush was, of course, born in Mexico. You can see the problem. The truth of the enormous Republican field – some of them at least ... «Aurora Sentinel, Jul 15»
7
Car crash spurred a Fareham woman to follow God's calling
She joined the choir at St Columba Church in Fareham when she was ... the Rev Garry Roberts (already serving at Holy Trinity & St Columba, ... «Portsmouth News, Jul 15»
8
Donald Trump Retweets Swipe at Jeb Bush over His Mexican Wife
Yep, that's Donald Trump invoking (via supportive-by-default retweet) the fact that Jeb Bush is married to Mexican-born Columba Bush (née ... «Mediaite, Jul 15»
9
Donald Trump Makes His Political Feud Personal By Tweeting …
Tags: celebrity feuds, columba bush, controversy, donald trump, immigration, jeb bush, mexico, politik, twitter, wife · Email this » ... «PerezHilton.com, Jul 15»
10
Catholics eye north Hamilton for new school
Both of Leanne Salisbury's children Caleb, 14, and Anika, 11, were enrolled at St Columba's Catholic School, despite them not being Catholic. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Columba [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/columba>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z