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Columbine

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• Pronounced： [ KAHL-əm-bien ]
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• Usage：English (Rare)

From the name of a variety of flower. It is also an English form of COLOMBINA, the pantomime character.

	COLOMBINA   female   Italian Italian feminine diminutive of COLUMBA. In traditional Italian pantomimes this is the name of a stock character, the female counterpart of Arlecchino (also called Harlequin). This is also the Italian word for the columbine flower.
		COLUMBA   male & female   Late Roman Late Latin name meaning "dove". The dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit in Christianity. This was the name of several early saints both masculine and feminine, most notably the 6th-century Irish monk Saint Columba (or Colum) who established a monastery on the island of Iona off the coast of Scotland. He is credited with the conversion of Scotland to Christianity.