Colorado
See also: colorado and Cô-lô-ra-đô
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
edit- (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
editColorado
- 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.
- Meronym: humpback chub
- 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:
- 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.
- A state in the western United States, the 38th state. Capital and largest city: 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.
- 1878, "Colorado", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. VI, p. 162:
- A river in Texas in the United States, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
- An unincorporated community in Texas, United States.
- (historical) The Territory of Colorado, a former territory of the United States.
- (historical) A ghost town in California, United States.
- A major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico.
- Places in South America:
- A river in southern Argentina, running from the Andes into the Atlantic.
- A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
- A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- A village in the Dominican Republic.
- Places in the Philippines:
- A sitio in the barangay of Twin Peaks, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines
- Coordinate terms: Twin Peaks Norte, Twin Peaks Sur, Market Proper, Market Sur, Camp 2, Colorado, Bridal, Bayating, Culba, Dalabi, Gusaran, Dengsed, Taroy, Pasingue, Monumento, Riverside, Ilocano Village — sitios of Twin Peaks, Tuba
- A barangay of San Guillermo, Isabela, Philippines
- Coordinate terms: Anonang, Aringay, Centro 1, Centro 2, Colorado, Dietban, Dingading, Dipacamo, Estrella, Guam, Nakar, Palawan, Progreso, Rizal, San Francisco Sur, San Mariano Norte, San Mariano Sur, Sinalugan, Villa Remedios, Villa Rose, Villa Sanchez, Villa Teresita, Burgos, San Francisco Norte, Calaoagan, San Rafael, San Isidro, Camarag, Cebu, Gomez, Gud, Nagbukel, Patanad, Quezon, Ramos East, Ramos West, Rizal East, Rizal West, Victoria, Villaflor — barangays of San Guillermo
- A barangay of Digos, Davao del Sur, Philippines
- A barangay of Jabonga, Agusan del Norte, Philippines
- Coordinate terms: Baleguian, Bangonay, A. Beltran, Bunga, Colorado, Cuyago, Libas, Magdagooc, Magsaysay, Maraiging, Poblacion, San Jose, San Pablo, San Vicente, Santo Niño — barangays of Jabonga
- A sitio in the barangay of Twin Peaks, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines
Derived terms
edit- CO
- Coloradan
- Coloradoan
- Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
- Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens)
- Colorado bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata)
- Colorado bur (Solanum rostratum)
- Colorado City
- Colorado County
- Colorado Desert
- Colorado fir (Abies concolor)
- Colorado four o'clock (Mirabilis multiflora)
- Colorado green spruce (Picea pungens)
- Colorado pinyon (Pinus edulis)
- Colorado Plateau
- Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
- Colorado River
- Colorado soldier beetle (Chauliognathus basalis)
- Colorado Springs
- Colorado spruce (Picea pungens)
- Colorado topaz
- Little Colorado
Translations
editmajor river
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US state
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See also
editStates: 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
edit- ^ Both variants are found among Colorado natives.
- ^ Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “2. The Vowel Sounds of Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, , →ISBN, § III.5, page 81.
Further reading
edit- Colorado on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Colorado on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
- Colorado on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
- Category:Colorado on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Catalan
editProper noun
editColorado m
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
Central Nahuatl
editProper noun
editColorado
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
Danish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Colorado.
Proper noun
editColorado (genitive Colorados)
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
Finnish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editColorado
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
Declension
editInflection of Colorado (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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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 | — | |
abessive | Coloradotta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
editcompounds
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Colorado.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editle Colorado m
- 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.)
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
- Hypernym: État
- Holonym: États-Unis
Derived terms
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish colorado, partly through English Colorado.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editColorado n (proper noun, genitive Colorados or (optionally with an article) Colorado)
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Colorado, from Spanish colorado.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editColorado m
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: Co‧lo‧ra‧do
Proper noun
editColorado m
- Colorado (a river in North America, located between the United States and Mexico)
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
- A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil
- A town and municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Romanian
editProper noun
editColorado n
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
Slovak
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editColorado n (genitive singular Colorada, declension pattern of mesto)
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
References
edit- “Colorado”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Spanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editColorado m
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
Related terms
editSee also
edit- Colorado on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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- Rhymes:English/ɑːdəʊ
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- ca:Colorado, USA
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- nhn:Colorado, USA
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑdo
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- fi:Colorado, USA
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- de:Colorado, USA
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- Rhymes:Italian/ado
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- pt:Rivers in the United States
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- ro:Colorado, USA
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- sk:Colorado, USA
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ado
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- es:Colorado, USA
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