Colorado

See also: colorado

English

Map of US highlighting Colorado

Etymology

From Spanish colorado (red, ruddy, colored), usually from the reddish appearance of some silt-laden rivers, or from Portuguese colorado in the case of Brazilian locations.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /kɑləˈɹɑdoʊ/, /kɑləˈɹædoʊ/[1]
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  • Rhymes: -ɑdoʊ, -ædəʊ

Proper noun

Colorado

  1. (geography, with the definite article) The Colorado River, a major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico.
  2. The Colorado River of Texas, USA, which is entirely within Texas and flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
  3. (geography) The State of Colorado, the 38th state of the United States, with its capital at Denver.
    • 1878, "Colorado", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. VI, p. 162:
      The mountains of Colorado were, till a comparatively recent date, richly clothed with forest; but owing partly to natural causes, and still more to the lavish consumption and reckless destruction of the early settlers, the quantity of growing timber in the State is exceedingly small, and before long, if restorative measures are not adopted, the Colorado demand for wood will require to be supplied from without. Whole mountain sides often present the appearance of monstrous cheavaux-de-frise, the dead trunks of the wind-thrown pines being tossed about in all directions.
  4. (geography) A municipality in Paraná, Brazil.
  5. (geography) A municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
  6. (geography) A village in the Dominican Republic.
  7. (geography) An unincorporated community in Texas, U.S.A.
  8. (historical geography) The Territory of Colorado, a former territory of the United States.
  9. (historical geography) A former town in California, U.S.A.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Colorado

References

  1. Both variants are found among Colorado natives.

Catalan

Proper noun

Colorado ?

  1. Colorado

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Colorado.

Proper noun

Colorado (genitive Colorados)

  1. Colorado

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English Colorado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolorɑ(ː)do/, [ˈko̞lo̞rɑ(ː)do̞]
  • Hyphenation: Co‧lo‧ra‧do

Proper noun

Colorado

  1. Colorado (state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Colorado (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Colorado
genitive Coloradon
partitive Coloradoa
illative Coloradoon
singular plural
nominative Colorado
accusative nom. Colorado
gen. Coloradon
genitive Coloradon
partitive Coloradoa
inessive Coloradossa
elative Coloradosta
illative Coloradoon
adessive Coloradolla
ablative Coloradolta
allative Coloradolle
essive Coloradona
translative Coloradoksi
instructive
abessive Coloradotta
comitative

German

Etymology

From Spanish colorado, partly through English Colorado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔloˈʁaːdo/
  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔləˈɹaːdo/ (rare and only for the US places)

Proper noun

Colorado n

  1. Colorado

Italian

Etymology

From English Colorado, from Spanish colorado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.loˈra.do/

Proper noun

Colorado m

  1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Colorado m

  1. Colorado (a river in North America, located between the United States and Mexico)
  2. Colorado (a state of the United States)
  3. A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
  4. A town and municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Romanian

Proper noun

Colorado n

  1. Colorado (U.S. State)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koloˈɾado/, [koloˈɾaðo]

Proper noun

Colorado m

  1. Colorado

See also

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