Colombia
English
Etymology
Named after Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506).
Derived terms
Translations
country in South America
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Asturian
Danish
Interlingua
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Spanish
Etymology
Named after the explorer Christopher Columbus in 1819, from Francisco de Miranda's use of the term to designate Spanish America in the 1790s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈlombja/, [koˈlõmbja]
("República de Colombia")Audio (Colombia) (file)
("Colombia, capital: Bogotá")Audio (Peru) (file)
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