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Colorado

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See also:coloradoandCô-lô-ra-đô

English

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Map of thecontinental US highlighting Colorado

EnglishWikipedia has an article on:

Colorado River

Wikipedia

EnglishWikipedia has an article on:

Colorado (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

Etymology

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FromSpanishcolorado(“red,ruddy,colored”), usually from the reddish appearance of some silt-laden rivers, or fromPortuguesecolorado in the case of Brazilian locations.

Pronunciation

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(General American)IPA^(key): /kɑləˈɹɑdoʊ/,/kɑləˈɹædoʊ/^[1]
(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /kɒləˈɹɑːdəʊ/
(obsolete)IPA^(key): /kɒləˈɹeɪdoʊ/^[2]
Audio(US);/kɑləˈrɑdoʊ/: (file)
Audio(US);/kɑləˈrædoʊ/: (file)
Rhymes:-ɑːdəʊ,-ædəʊ

Proper noun

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Colorado

Places inNorth America:
2. A majorriver of westernNorth America,running from theRocky Mountains in theUnited States to theGulf of California inMexico.
  Meronym:humpback chub
  - 1895,J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, inCanyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished asThe Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York:Dover,1961,→ISBN,→OCLC,page29:
    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 theColorado, which rolls, a mad, turbid stream, into the Gulf of California.
4. Astate in the westernUnited States, the 38th state. Capital and largest city:Denver.
  - 1878, "Colorado",Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed.,Vol. VI,p. 162:
    The mountains ofColorado 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, theColorado demand for wood will require to be supplied from without. Whole mountain sides often present the appearance of monstrouscheavaux-de-frise, the dead trunks of the wind-thrown pines being tossed about in all directions.
  - 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, inCNN‎^[1]:
    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 ofColorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.
6. Ariver inTexas in theUnited States, flowing into theGulf of Mexico.
7. Anunincorporated community inTexas,United States.
8. (historical) TheTerritory of Colorado, aformer territory of theUnited States.
9. (historical) Aghost town inCalifornia,United States.
Places inSouth America:
1. Ariver in southernArgentina, running from theAndes into theAtlantic.
2. Amunicipality ofParaná,Brazil.
3. Amunicipality ofRio Grande do Sul,Brazil.
4. Avillage in theDominican Republic.
Places in thePhilippines:
1. A sitio in the barangay ofTwin Peaks,Tuba,Benguet,Philippines.
2. Abarangay ofSan Guillermo,Isabela,Philippines.
3. Abarangay ofDigos,Davao del Sur,Philippines.
4. Abarangay ofJabonga,Agusan del Norte,Philippines.
Asurname.

Derived terms

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Translations

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major river

Esperanto:Kolorado
French:Colorado (fr) m
Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai:Ha Ŧay Gʼam,Sil Gsvgov,ʼHakhwata
Hopi:Pisisvayu
Lao:ແມ່ນ້ຳໂຄໂລຣາໂດ(mǣ nam khō lō rā dō),ແມ່ນ້ຳ ໂຄໂລຣາໂດ(mǣ namkhō lō rā dō)
Latin:Flūmen Colōrātum n
Maricopa:'Xakxwet
Polish:Kolorado (pl) n
Portuguese:Colorado (pt) m
Thai:แม่น้ำ โคโลราโด
Ukrainian:Колора́до f(Kolorádo)

US state

Arabic:كُولُورَادُو f(kūlūrādū)
Armenian:Կոլորադո (hy)(Kolorado)
Cherokee:ᎧᎶᏩᏓ(kalowada)
Chinese:
Mandarin:科羅拉多州 /科罗拉多州 (zh)(Kēluólāduō zhōu)
Corsican:Coloradu m
Czech:Colorado (cs) n
Danish:Colorado
Esperanto:Koloradio
Finnish:Colorado (fi),Kolorado (fi)
French:Colorado (fr) m
Frisian:
West Frisian:Kolorado
Galician:Colorado (gl) m
Georgian:კოლორადო(ḳolorado)
German:Colorado (de)
Greek:Κολοράντο (el) n(Koloránto)
Hindi:कोलोराडो m(kolorāḍo),कॉलोराडो m(kŏlorāḍo)
Hungarian:Colorado (hu)
Irish:Colaradó
Italian:Colorado (it) m
Japanese:コロラド州 (ja)(Kororado-shu)
Khmer:កូឡូរ៉ាដូ(koulouraadou),ខូឡូរ៉ាដូ(khoulouraadou)
Korean:콜로라도(Kollorado)
Lao:ໂຄໂລຣາໂດ(khō lō rā dō)
Latin:Colōrātum n
Latvian:Kolorādo
Limburgish:Colorado
Lithuanian:Koloradas (lt) m
Macedonian:Колора́до n(Kolorádo)
Maltese:Kolorado m
Navajo:Dibé nitsaa hahoodzo
Occitan:Colorado (oc) m
Persian:کولورادو(kolorâdo),کلرادو(kolorâdo)
Polish:Kolorado (pl) n
Portuguese:Colorado (pt) m
Russian:Колора́до (ru) m(Kolorádo)
Samogitian:Kolorads
Sicilian:Coloradu m
Silesian:Kolorado
Spanish:Colorado (es) m
Swedish:Colorado (sv) n
Thai:โคโลราโด(koo-loo-raa-dôo)
Tibetan:ཁོ་ལོ་ར་ཌོ(kho lo ra ḍo)
Turkish:Colorado
Ukrainian:Колора́до m(Kolorádo)
Uyghur:كولورادو(kolorado)
Vietnamese:Cô-lô-ra-đô
Yiddish:קאָלאָראַדאָ(kolorado)

Statistics

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According to the 2010 United States Census,Colorado is the 11810^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2650 individuals.Colorado is most common among Hispanic (87.62%) individuals.

Divisions of theUnited States of America in English(layout ·text)
States:Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Federal district:Washington, D.C.
Territories:American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

References

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^Both variants are found among Colorado natives.
^Hall, Joseph Sargent (2 March 1942), “2. The Vowel Sounds of Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, inThe Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4),New York:King's Crown Press,→DOI,→ISBN,§ III.5, page81.

Catalan

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Proper noun

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Colorado m

Colorado (astate in the westernUnited States, the 38th state)

Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Colorado

Colorado (astate in the westernUnited States, the 38th state)