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COLUMBAN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Irish

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

Possibly an Irish diminutive of COLUMBA. Alternatively, it may be derived from Old Irish colum "dove" and bán "white". The 7th-century Saint Columban of Leinster was the founder of several monasteries in Europe.


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