Cologne

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See also: cologne

English

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Etymology

From Middle English Coloyne, from Old French Cologne, from Latin Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; colōnia (“colony”) comes from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from verb colo, colere (“till, cultivate, worship”). Doublet of Colonia, colony, and Köln, from German.

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Cologne

  1. The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.
  2. A city and town in Minnesota, United States.

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References

  1. ^ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700‎, second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 272, page 840.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Cologne, Coloigne, from Latin colōnia (“colony”) in Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero.

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Cologne f

  1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

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