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    Columba (/kəˈlʌmbəˌ ˈkɒlʌmbə/) or Colmcille (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity...
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    The bird genus Columba comprises a genus of medium to large pigeons. The terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used indiscriminately for smaller and larger Columbidae...
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    Columba Bush (née Garnica Gallo; Latin American Spanish: [koˈlumba ɣaɾˈnika ˈɣaʝo]; born August 17, 1953) is a Mexican-American philanthropist. As the...
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  • Saint Columba the Virgin Columba of Sens Columba of Spain Columba of Terryglass St. Columba's College, Hazaribagh, India St Columba's College, Dublin, a co-educational...
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  • (constellation) Columba (Chinese astronomy), a constellation Columba (given name) RMS Columba, a Clyde paddle steamer launched in 1878 MV Columba, a car ferry...
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    Columba is a faint constellation designated in the late sixteenth century, remaining in official use, with its rigid limits set in the 20th century. Its...
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  • Columba McVeigh (1956 – 1 November 1975) was a youth from Northern Ireland who was abducted and most likely murdered by the Provisional Irish Republican...
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    Rock dove (redirect from Columba livia)
    rock dove, rock pigeon, or common pigeon (/ˈpɪdʒ.ən/ also /ˈpɪdʒ.ɪn/; Columba livia) is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons).: 624 ...
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    British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province...
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    The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), also known as simply wood pigeon, is a large species in the dove and pigeon family (Columbidae), native to...
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  • Columba is a unisex given name meaning dove which may refer to: Columba (521–597), Irish prince who evangelised the Picts, and one of Scotland's patron...
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  • Columba Aspexit is a sequence written by Hildegard of Bingen in the late 12th century. It is one of seven sequences from her collection of lyrical poetry...
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    Columba of Spain (also Columba of Córdoba) was a virgin and nun who was born in Córdoba, Spain, and martyred around 853 by the Muslim rulers in Spain,...
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    Trinity College Library, MS A. I. [58], sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illustrated manuscript and Celtic Gospel book in Latin, containing...
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    dropped Columba macroura and instead coined Columba migratoria for the passenger pigeon, Columba cariolensis for the mourning dove and Columba marginata...
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  • The Columba Project (Gaelic: Iomairt Cholm Cille), formerly known as the Columba Initiative, is a program for Gaelic speakers in Scotland and Ireland to...
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    extinction. Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus coined the binomial name Columba macroura for both the mourning dove and the passenger pigeon in the 1758...
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    Columba Domínguez Alarid (March 4, 1929 – August 13, 2014) was a Mexican actress, singer, and painter. She is remembered particularly for her performance...
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  • Life of Columba (Latin: Vita Columbae) is a hagiography recounting the life of Columba, the founder of Iona Abbey, written a century after Columba's death...
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    Bush (m.) Laura Lane Welch Pauline Robinson Bush John Ellis Bush (m.) Columba Bush Neil Mallon Bush Marvin Pierce Bush Dorothy Walker Bush (m.) Robert...
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  • The Knights of St Columba is a fraternal service order affiliated with the Catholic Church in Scotland, in England and Wales, and, through their Province...
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    flight. The English dialectal word culver appears to derive from Latin columba. A group of doves has sometimes been called a "dule", taken from the French...
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  • Columba of Terryglass (Colum) (died 13 December 552) was the son of Ninnidh, a descendant of Crinthainn, King of Leinster. Columba was a disciple of St...
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    Columba of Sens (probably born Eporita, d. 273; Galician: Santa Comba de Sens), was a virgin and nun who was born to a noble pagan family in the northwest...
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    The domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica or Columba livia forma domestica) is a pigeon subspecies that was derived from the rock dove or rock pigeon...
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    The Bonin wood pigeon (Columba versicolor) was a pigeon endemic to Nakodo-jima and Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands, south of Japan. It is known from...
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    St. Columba's Crozer (or the Cathach of Colum Cille) is a fragment of an 8th or 9th century Irish Insular crozier fragment. It consists of a wooden core...
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    Pink pigeon (redirect from Columba mayeri)
    group that cannot unequivocally be assigned to either Streptopelia or Columba, and placing both species in Nesoenas may best reflect the fact that they...
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    The picazuro pigeon (Patagioenas picazuro) is a pigeon native to South America. It is a large pigeon with a wingspan of up to 22 inches and can weigh as...
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    Scotland, traces its early roots to the Christian Church founded by Saint Columba, through the 6th century Hiberno-Scottish mission. Tracing their apostolic...
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