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Colombia

See also: Colômbia, Colómbia, Colòmbia, and colombià

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From Spanish Colombia, from Italian Colombo (“Cristoforo Colombo”); named after Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506).

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Colombia

  2. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.

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Colombia f

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Borrowed from Spanish Colombia. Named after Christopher Columbus.

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Colombia n

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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  • IPA(key): /koˈlom.bja/, /koˈlɔm.bja/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ombja, -ɔmbja
  • Hyphenation: Co‧lóm‧bia, Co‧lòm‧bia

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Colombia f

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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  1. ^ Colombia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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From Italian Colombo (“Cristoforo Colombo”) +‎ -ia. Named after Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) in 1819, from Francisco de Miranda's use of the term to designate Spanish America in the 1790s.[1]

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  • IPA(key): /koˈlombja/ [koˈlõm.bja]
  • Rhymes: -ombja
  • Syllabification: Co‧lom‧bia

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Colombia f

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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  1. ^ Francisco de Miranda (1806 August 2) Proclamación de Don Francisco de Miranda, Comandante-General del Exército Colombiano, á los pueblos habitantes del Continente Americo-Colombiano (in Spanish)

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Colombia n (genitive Colombias)

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Colombia f

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Colombia Golombia Ngholombia Cholombia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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