Lambda Columbae is a blue dwarf star

Dwarf star

The term dwarf star refers to a variety of distinct classes of stars.* Dwarf star alone generally refers to any main sequence star, a star of luminosity class V.** Red dwarfs are low-mass main sequence stars....

 in the constellation

Constellation

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

 Columba

Columba (constellation)

Columba is a small, faint constellation created in the late sixteenth century. Its name is Latin for dove. It is located just south of Canis Major and Lepus.-History:...

. It is approximately 342 light years from Earth. This star, along with ζ CMa

Zeta Canis Majoris

Zeta Canis Majoris is a spectroscopic binary in the constellation Canis Major. It has the traditional name Furud or Phurud, from the Arabic ألفرد al-furud meaning the bright single ones or, perhaps by a transcriber's error, from Al Ḳurūd , the Apes, or Al Agribah , the Raven by Al...

, λ CMa

Lambda Canis Majoris

Lambda Canis Majoris is a star in the constellation Canis Major. This star, along with ζ CMa, γ Col, δ Col, θ Col, κ Col, λ Col, μ Col and ξ Col, were Al Ḳurūd , the Apes....

, γ Col

Gamma Columbae

Gamma Columbae is a blue subgiant star in the constellation Columba. It is approximately 854 light years from Earth. This star, along with ζ CMa, λ CMa, δ Col, θ Col, κ Col, λ Col, μ Col and ξ Col, were Al Ḳurūd , the Apes....

, δ Col

Delta Columbae

Delta Columbae is a spectroscopic binary yellow giant star in the constellation Columba. It has the uncommon traditional name Ghusn al Zaitun, from the Arabic الغصن الزيتون al-ghuşn al-zaitūn "the olive branch".....

, θ Col

Theta Columbae

Theta Columbae is a blue subgiant star in the constellation Columba.This star, along with ζ CMa, λ CMa, γ Col, δ Col, κ Col, λ Col, μ Col and ξ Col, were Al Ḳurūd , the Apes.....

, κ Col

Kappa Columbae

Kappa Columbae is a giant star in the constellation Columba.This star, along with ζ CMa, λ CMa, γ Col, δ Col, θ Col, λ Col, μ Col and ξ Col, were Al Ḳurūd , the Apes.....

, μ Col

Mu Columbae

Mu Columbae is a star in the constellation of Columba. It is one of the few O-class stars that is visible to the unaided eye. The star is known to lie approximately 1,300 light years from our solar system .This is a relatively fast rotating star that completes a full revolution approximately every...

 and ξ Col

Xi Columbae

Xi Columbae is a yellow-orange giant star in the constellation Columba. This star, along with ζ CMa, λ CMa, γ Col, δ Col, θ Col, κ Col, λ Col and μ Col, were Al Ḳurūd , the Apes.-References:#...

, were Al Ḳurūd (ألقرد - al-qird), the Apes.

In Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

, , meaning Son

Well (Chinese constellation)

The Well mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the southern mansions of the Vermilion Bird.-Asterisms:...

, refers to an asterism consisting of λ Columbae and β Columbae

Beta Columbae

Beta Columbae is a K-type giant star and is the second brightest star in the constellation of Columba. It has the traditional name Wezn , from the Arabic وزن "weight".In Chinese, , meaning Son, refers to an asterism consisting of β Columbae and λ Columbae...

. Consequently, λ Columbae itself is known as . From this Chinese name, the name Tsze was appeared