Columba
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Columbae
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Saint, a.d. 521–597, Irish missionary in Scotland.
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Also called Columba Noae. Astronomy. the Dove, or Noah's Dove, a southern constellation between Caelum and Canis Major.
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Etymology
Origin of Columba
Latin, literally: dove
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A sixth search for Columba McVeigh ended in November 2023.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2025
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
No. 25 Princeton has won 15 straight games and sits a game in front of Columba in the Ivy League standings.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
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.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024
The apprehensions of the prince were realized; for, anxious to obtain the regal sanction, the royal mansion was the first place which Columba visited.
From The Life of Saint Columba, Abbot, and Apostle of the Northern Picts by Anonymous
Just 27 light-years away, AP Columbae is so young it shines via gravity rather than nuclear reactions.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 6, 2011
In the October issue of The Astronomical Journal, Riedel and his colleagues report that the high lithium level means AP Columbae is the closest pre-main-sequence star ever found.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 6, 2011
But how did a star as young as AP Columbae end up so close to Earth?
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 6, 2011
AP Columbae lies in the constellation Columba the Dove, south of the brilliant constellation Orion.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 6, 2011
More or less cosmopolitan groups like herons, Falconidae, Anseres, Columbae, &c., and circumtropical families like Parridae, Trogonidae, Capitonidae, are to be excluded from these lists as indifferent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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