колонна

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колонна

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin columna; cf. French colonne.

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Noun

коло́нна (kolónnaf inan (genitive коло́нны, nominative plural коло́нны, genitive plural коло́нн, diminutive коло́нка)

  1. column, pillar (upright supporting beam)
    • 1973, Михаил Булгаков, “Глава II. Понтий Пилат”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:
      Пилату показалось, что исчезли розовые колонны балкона и кровли Ершалаима вдали, внизу за садом, и всё утонуло вокруг в густейшей зелени Капрейских садов.
      Pilatu pokazalosʹ, što isčezli rozovyje kolonny balkona i krovli Jeršalaima vdali, vnizu za sadom, i vsjo utonulo vokrug v gustejšej zeleni Kaprejskix sadov.
      It seemed to Pilate that the pink columns of the balcony and the rooftops of Yershalaim far below, beyond the garden, vanished, and everything was drowned in the thickest green of Caprean gardens.
  2. (military) column of troops

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