Colorado en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /kɒləˈɹeɪdoʊ/ (obsolete)
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- /kɑləˈɹɑdoʊ/ (General-American)
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- /kɑləˈɹædoʊ/ (General-American)
- /kɒləˈɹɑːdəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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.
Meanings
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Places in North America: ▸ A major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico.
A million cascade brooks unite to form a thousand torrent creeks ; a thousand torrent creeks unite to form half a hundred rivers beset with cataracts ; half a hundred roaring rivers unite to form the Colorado, which rolls, a mad, turbid stream, into the Gulf of California.
1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 29:
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Places in North America: ▸ A state in the western United States, the 38th state. Capital and largest city: Denver.
The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.
2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN: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.
1878, "Colorado", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. VI, p. 162
- Places in North America: ▸ A river in Texas in the United States, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
- Places in North America: ▸ An unincorporated community in Texas, United States.
- (historical) Places in North America: ▸ The Territory of Colorado, a former territory of the United States.
- (historical) Places in North America: ▸ A ghost town in California, United States.
- Places in South America: ▸ A river in southern Argentina, running from the Andes into the Atlantic.
- Places in South America: ▸ A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
- Places in South America: ▸ A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Places in South America: ▸ A village in the Dominican Republic.
- Places in the Philippines: ▸ A sitio in the barangay of Twin Peaks, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
- Places in the Philippines: ▸ A barangay of San Guillermo, Isabela, Philippines.
- Places in the Philippines: ▸ A barangay of Digos, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
- Places in the Philippines: ▸ A barangay of Jabonga, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.
- A surname.
Deriveds
Colorado topaz · Colorado bristlecone pine · Colorado bur · Colorado Springs · Colorado River · Colorado fir · Colorado blue spruce · Colorado potato beetle · Colorado soldier beetle · Coloradan · Colorado pikeminnow · CO · Colorado four o'clock · Colorado beetle · Colorado Territory · Colorado Ranger · Coloradoan · Colorado Plateau · Colorado pinyon · Little Colorado · Colorado County · Colorado spruce · Colorado green spruce · Colorado State · Colorado Desert · Colorado City · Territory of Colorado
Meronyms
Translations (65)
uk Колора́до (major river) · mrc 'Xakxwet (major river) · lt Koloradas (US state) · el Κολοράντο (US state) · pt Colorado (US state) · szl Kolorado (US state) · hop Pisisvayu (major river) · cmn 科羅拉多州 /科罗拉多州 (US state) · yuf Ha Ŧay Gʼam (major river) · fa کلرادو (US state) · hi कॉलोराडो (US state) · km កូឡូរ៉ាដូ (US state) · fy Kolorado (US state) · eo Kolorado (major river) · vi Cô-lô-ra-đô (US state) · scn Coloradu (US state) · it Colorado (US state) · sv Colorado (US state) · hu Colorado (US state) · th โคโลราโด (US state) · hy Կոլորադո (US state) · eo Koloradio (US state) · sgs Kolorads (US state) · la Colōrātum (US state) · lo ແມ່ນ້ຳໂຄໂລຣາໂດ (major river) · fa کولورادو (US state) · th แม่น้ำโคโลราโด (major river) · chr ᎧᎶᏩᏓ (US state) · mt Kolorado (US state) · fi Kolorado (US state) · ka კოლორადო (US state) · la Flūmen Colōrātum (major river) · yuf ʼHakhwata (major river) · fr Colorado (US state) · fi Colorado (US state) · km ខូឡូរ៉ាដូ (US state) · yi קאָלאָראַדאָ (US state) · de Colorado (US state) · tr Colorado (US state) · nv Dibé nitsaa hahoodzo (US state) · ga Colaradó (US state) · uk Колора́до (US state) · pt Colorado (major river) · da Colorado (US state) · ru Колора́до (US state) · li Colorado (US state) · ko 콜로라도 (US state) · oc Colorado (US state) · yuf Sil Gsvgov (major river) · ug كولورادو (US state) · es Colorado (US state) · lv Kolorādo (US state) · mk Колора́до (US state) · ar كُولُورَادُو (US state) · bo ཁོ་ལོ་ར་ཌོ (US state) · lo ໂຄໂລຣາໂດ (US state) · pl Kolorado (major river) · fr Colorado (major river) · pl Kolorado (US state) · cs Colorado (US state) · lo ແມ່ນ້ຳໂຄໂລຣາໂດ (major river) · gl Colorado (US state) · co Coloradu (US state) · ja コロラド州 (US state) · hi कोलोराडो (US state)