colombina
Pronunciation: /ko.lomˈbi.na/
“colombina” is an Italian word. Its 10 meanings in English:
noun
- a young woman who fakes naivety and ingenuousness
- a dove-shaped skyrocket that runs along a rope setting off fireworks during the celebrations of Easter Sunday in Florence
- a dove-shaped sort of sweet Easter focaccia bread, sometimes with a hard-boiled egg in the middle
- a semolina-based preparation used as an appetizer
- name of various coins with doves or other similar birds depicted on them
- pigeon dung (used as fertilizer)
- blue limestone
- synonym of coridale
- name of several varieties of apples
- name of several varieties of mushrooms
In Italian
Etymology
From colomba (“dove”) + -ina (diminutive suffix).
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