Columbine

Columbine

Columbine may refer to:

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Places and events

Art and entertainment

  • Columbine (book), the 2009 Edgar-Award winning bestseller about the massacre
  • Bowling for Columbine, a 2002 film exploring the 1999 massacre and other violent acts in the United States
  • Columbine (album), an album by Danish singer-songwriter Aura Dione
  • Columbina, a misspelling for the English "Columbine" (sometimes also for the Italian Colombina) a stock character in the English harlequinade pantomime, derived from the Commedia dell'arte
  • "Columbine", a painting by Max Beckmann 1950

Vehicles

  • Columbine, a locomotive of the Grand Junction Railway
  • Columbine II and Columbine III, the Lockheed Constellation presidential aircraft used by US president Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • HMS Columbine, the name of seven ships of the Royal Navy
  • the Columbine (train), a passenger train operated by the Chicago & North Western and Union Pacific

Other

  • Aquilegia, the genus of flowering plants known by the common name "columbine"
  • Stiboges nymphidia, a metalmark butterfly commonly known as the Columbine
  • Columbine, a racehorse, competitor in two Grand Nationals, finishing fifth in the 1842 Grand National

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  • Columbine — Студийный альбом Ауры Дион …   Википедия

  • Columbine — steht für: Columbine (Colorado), eine Stadt im US Bundesstaat Colorado Columbine High School, eine Highschool in der Nähe von Littleton, Colorado, USA, in der das Schulmassaker von Littleton stattfand Bowling for Columbine, ein satirischer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Columbine — Col um*bine, n. [LL. columbina, L. columbinus dovelike, fr. columba dove: cf. F. colombine. Perh. so called from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Aquilegia}; as, {Aquilegia vulgaris}, or the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Columbine — Columbine, CO U.S. Census Designated Place in Colorado Population (2000): 24095 Housing Units (2000): 8800 Land area (2000): 6.638409 sq. miles (17.193399 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.130717 sq. miles (0.338556 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.769126 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Columbine, CO — U.S. Census Designated Place in Colorado Population (2000): 24095 Housing Units (2000): 8800 Land area (2000): 6.638409 sq. miles (17.193399 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.130717 sq. miles (0.338556 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.769126 sq. miles (17 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • columbine — c.1300, from O.Fr. columbine columbine, or directly from M.L. columbina, from L.L. columbina verbena, fem. of L. columbinus, lit. dove like, from columba dove. The inverted flower supposedly resembles a cluster of five doves. Also a fem. proper… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Columbine — Col um*bine, a. [L. columbinus, fr. columba dove.] Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove colored. Columbine innocency. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Columbine — f English: from Italian Colombitia, a diminutive of Colombo ‘dove’. In the tradition of the commedia dell arte this is the name of Harlequin s sweetheart. The modern name, however, was probably coined independently as one of the class of names… …   First names dictionary

  • Columbine — puede referirse a: Una ciudad de Colorado, Estados Unidos. El nombre de una escuela secundaria en el Condado de Jefferson, Colorado, Estados Unidos (cerca de Littleton), tristemente famosa por la matanza que tuvo lugar el 20 de abril de 1999. Los …   Wikipedia Español

  • Columbine — puede ser: ● Una ciudad de Colorado, Estados Unidos. ● El nombre de una escuela secundaria en el Condado de Jefferson, Colorado, Estados Unidos (cerca de Littleton), tristemente famosa por la matanza que tuvo lugar el 20 de abril de 1999, 110º… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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