Cologne

See also: cologne

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French Cologne, from Latin Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement founded by Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; colōnia (“colony”) comes from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəˈloʊn/

Proper noun

Cologne

  1. A city in northwestern Germany on the Rhine River.
  2. A city/town in Minnesota, US.

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Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement founded by Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; colōnia (“colony”) comes from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ.lɔɲ/

Proper noun

Cologne f

  1. Cologne

Derived terms
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