Colorado

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Colorado River

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Colorado (disambiguation)

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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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑləˈɹɑdoʊ/, /kɑləˈɹædoʊ/^[1]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒləˈɹɑːdəʊ/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /kɒləˈɹeɪdoʊ/^[2]

• Audio (US); /kɑləˈrɑdoʊ/:

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• Audio (US); /kɑləˈrædoʊ/:

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• Rhymes: -ɑːdəʊ, -ædəʊ

Colorado

1. Places in North America:
   1. 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 W 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.

   2. 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.

   3. A river in Texas in the United States, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
   4. An unincorporated community in Texas, United States.
   5. (historical) The Territory of Colorado, a former territory of the United States.
   6. (historical) A ghost town in California, United States.
2. Places in South America:
   1. A river in southern Argentina, running from the Andes into the Atlantic.
   2. A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
   3. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
   4. A village in the Dominican Republic.
3. Places in the Philippines:
   1. A sitio in the barangay of Twin Peaks, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines

      Coordinate terms: Bayating, Bridal, Camp 2, Colorado, Culba, Dalabi, Dengsed, Gusaran, Ilocano Village, Market Proper, Market Sur, Monumento, Pasingue, Riverside, Taroy, Twin Peaks Norte, Twin Peaks Sur — sitios of Twin Peaks

   2. A barangay of San Guillermo, Isabela, Philippines

      Coordinate terms: Anonang, Aringay, Burgos, Calaoagan, Centro 1, Centro 2, Colorado, Dietban, Dingading, Dipacamo, Estrella, Guam, Nakar, Palawan, Progreso, Rizal, San Francisco Norte, San Francisco Sur, San Mariano Norte, San Mariano Sur, San Rafael, Sinalugan, Villa Remedios, Villa Rose, Villa Sanchez, Villa Teresita — barangays of San Guillermo

   3. A barangay of Digos, Davao del Sur, Philippines

      Coordinate terms: Aplaya, Balabag, Binaton, Cogon, Colorado, Dawis, Dulangan, Goma, Igpit, Kapatagan, Kiagot, Lungag, Mahayahay, Matti, Ruparan, San Agustin, San Jose, San Miguel, San Roque, Sinawilan, Soong, Tiguman, Tres De Mayo, Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3 — barangays of Digos

   4. A barangay of Jabonga, Agusan del Norte, Philippines

      Coordinate terms: A. Beltran, Baleguian, Bangonay, Bunga, Colorado, Cuyago, Libas, Magdagooc, Magsaysay, Maraiging, Poblacion, San Jose, San Pablo, San Vicente, Santo Niño — barangays of Jabonga

• Colorado on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Colorado on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Colorado on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Category:Colorado on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Colorado m

1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

Colorado

1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Colorado

Wikipedia ^da

Borrowed from English Colorado.

Colorado (genitive Colorados)

1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

• Kolorado

From English Colorado.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolorɑ(ː)do/,
• Rhymes: -ɑdo

Colorado

1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Colorado

Wikipedia ^fr

Borrowed from English Colorado.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa.do/

• Audio:

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le Colorado m

1. 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.)
2. Colorado (a state of the United States)

   Hypernym: État

   Holonym: États-Unis

• Petit Colorado

From Spanish colorado, partly through English Colorado.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔloˈʁaːdo/
• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔləˈɹaːdo/ (rare and only for the US places)

• Audio:

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Colorado n (proper noun, genitive Colorados or (optionally with an article) Colorado)

1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Colorado

Wikipedia ^it

Borrowed from English Colorado, from Spanish colorado.

• IPA^(key): /ko.loˈra.do/
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: Co‧lo‧rà‧do

Colorado m

1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

• Hyphenation: Co‧lo‧ra‧do

Colorado m

1. Colorado (a river in North America, located between the United States and Mexico)
2. Colorado (a state of the United States)
3. A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil
4. A town and municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Colorado n

1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Colorado

Wikipedia ^sk

• IPA^(key):

Colorado n (genitive singular Colorada, declension pattern of mesto)

1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

• “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

• IPA^(key): /koloˈɾado/
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: Co‧lo‧ra‧do

Colorado m

1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

• Colorado on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es