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Dove

Dove

31 9.4
A group of stars in the southern sky named after a bird
  • proper noun
translation icon : Columba
  • The rain began in the night, drumming steadily on the red roof of Dove Cottage.
  • Mourning Dove

Examples

  • Rita Dove grew up to become the first black Poet Laureate of America.

    Muse of Fire (2013)

  • The spiritual resonance of the American landscape was evident in Dove's 1929 show, among others.

    Academic text (2003)

  • "The Dance of the Royal Dove," of course.

    The Star (2017)

  • Good morning, I am Miss Dove, your geography teacher.

    Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)

  • Welcome to the Villa of the Doves.

    Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

  • The constellation Dove is visible in the night sky during summer months.

  • Astronomers often study the stars in Dove, a small constellation in the Southern Hemisphere.

  • Navigators once used the constellation Dove to guide their ships at sea.

Synonyms

Columba
vsDove
9.9

A group of stars in the southern sky seen as a dove

is the English common name for that same constellation

Compounds

mourning dove
  • US
1 6.2

A small wild bird in North America that makes a soft, sad cooing sound

soiled dove
  • Slur
1 9.9

A woman, often a prostitute, who people think has a bad reputation

rock dove
3.4

A pale grey pigeon with black-striped wings from Europe and Asia

Surface Forms

Dove main

Etymology

Dove the constellation takes its name from the Latin name Columba, which means 'dove'. Long ago, people who drew the stars put a dove into the sky as a sign of 'peace', so this group of stars kept the name Dove.