(declension-1, feminine) dove, pigeon (sacred bird of Venus)
(declension-1, feminine) a term of endearment
Pronounced as (IPA)
[kɔˈɫʊm.ba]
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”). (Aristophanes [Birds, 304] and others use the word κολυμβίς (kolumbís, “diver, sea-bird”).)