Cologne

Meanings

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

1. A type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water.
2. Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.
3. A fragrance typically worn by a man as opposed to a woman, regardless of its concentration.

1. To scent with cologne.

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.