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COLUMBA

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Late Roman

Pronounced: kə-LUM-bə (English)   [key]

Late Latin name meaning "dove". Saint Columba was a 6th-century Irish monk who established a monastery on the island of Iona off the coast of Scotland. He is credited with the conversion of Scotland to Christianity.
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