Columbine

Meanings

Proper Noun

CDP Arapahoe County (county) and Jefferson County (county) Colorado (state) USA (country), infamous for the school shooting that happened there in 1999.
The sweetheart of Harlequin in old pantomimes.

Noun

An incident in which someone shoots multiple people at a school.

Origin

From columbine.
From the school shooting that occurred at Columbine High School in 1999.

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