colom — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Columbus name Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer whose 1492 voyage across the Atlantic opened up European contact with the Americas.
- Dove noun A bird, typically white or grey, closely related to the pigeon and often used as a symbol of peace.
- pigeon noun A plump grey bird common in cities, known for its cooing call.
Senses
colom is used for these senses in English:
- Columbus A person who makes a great discovery.
- dove (countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
- pigeon (countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.
Columbus — full definition
- name Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer whose 1492 voyage across the Atlantic opened up European contact with the Americas.
- name The capital city of the U.S. state of Ohio.
- noun Informally, a person credited with a bold new discovery.
Dove — full definition
- noun A bird, typically white or grey, closely related to the pigeon and often used as a symbol of peace.
- noun A person who favours peaceful or diplomatic solutions over conflict, especially in politics.
- verb Past tense of "dive," used in American English.