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columbarium in Portuguese

columbarium in Portuguese is pombal, columbário — columbarium means a columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.

columbarium in Portuguese

pombal
noun
(historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.
columbário
noun
(historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.
columbário
noun
A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.

What does "columbarium" mean?

  1. noun A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.
  2. noun A pigeonhole in such a dovecote.
  3. noun A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
  4. noun A niche in such a building for housing urns.
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What is "columbarium" in Portuguese?

"columbarium" in Portuguese is pombal, columbário. columbarium means: A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.

Are there other ways to say "columbarium" in Portuguese?

Yes — Portuguese has 2 translations listed for "columbarium": pombal, columbário.

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