περιστέρα — meaning in English

English meaning

• columba name Saint Columba of Iona, a Gaelic missionary monk who brought Christianity back to Scotland in the Dark Ages.
• Dove noun A bird, typically white or grey, closely related to the pigeon and often used as a symbol of peace.

Senses

περιστέρα is used for these senses in English:

• Columba (constellation) A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dove.
• 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.

columba — full definition

1. name Saint Columba of Iona, a Gaelic missionary monk who brought Christianity back to Scotland in the Dark Ages.
2. name Any of three further Christian saints named Columba.
3. name A small constellation, visible in winter in the northern sky, said to look like a dove.

Dove — full definition

1. noun A bird, typically white or grey, closely related to the pigeon and often used as a symbol of peace.
2. noun A person who favours peaceful or diplomatic solutions over conflict, especially in politics.
3. verb Past tense of "dive," used in American English.

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