English Explanatory Dictionary

Colorado

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Places in North America:
  2. A major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico.
  3. A state in the western United States, the 38th state. Capital and largest city: Denver.
  4. A river in Texas in the United States, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
  5. An unincorporated community in Texas, United States.
  6. The Territory of Colorado, a former territory of the United States.
  7. A ghost town in California, United States.
  8. Places in South America:
  9. A river in southern Argentina, running from the Andes into the Atlantic.
  10. A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
  11. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
  12. A village in the Dominican Republic.
noun
  1. A cigar of medium color and strength.
  2. A fish of the species Lutjanus colorado, the Colorado snapper.

Pronunciation

/kɑləˈɹɑdoʊ/ /kɑləˈɹædoʊ/ /kɒləˈɹɑːdəʊ/ /kɒləˈɹeɪdoʊ/ en-us-Colorado.ogg ColoradanColorado.ogg

Word forms

Colorado colorados

Etymology

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.

Derived words

CO Coloradan Coloradoan Colorado beetle Colorado blue spruce Colorado bristlecone pine Colorado bur Colorado City Colorado County Colorado Desert Colorado fir Colorado four o'clock Colorado green spruce Colorado pikeminnow Colorado pinyon Colorado Plateau Colorado potato beetle Colorado River Colorado soldier beetle Colorado Springs Colorado spruce Colorado State Colorado Territory Colorado topaz Little Colorado Territory of Colorado

Translations

Arabic: كُولُورَادُو Armenian: Կոլորադո Cherokee: ᎧᎶᏩᏓ Chinese Mandarin: 科羅拉多州 /科罗拉多州 Corsican: Coloradu Czech: Colorado Danish: Colorado Esperanto: Koloradio Finnish: Colorado Finnish: Kolorado French: Colorado West-Frisian: Kolorado Galician: Colorado Georgian: კოლორადო German: Colorado Greek: Κολοράντο Hindi: कोलोराडो Hindi: कॉलोराडो Hungarian: Colorado Irish: Colaradó Italian: Colorado Japanese: コロラド州 Khmer: កូឡូរ៉ាដូ Khmer: ខូឡូរ៉ាដូ Korean: 콜로라도 Lao: ໂຄໂລຣາໂດ Latin: Colōrātum Latvian: Kolorādo Limburgish: Colorado Lithuanian: Koloradas Macedonian: Колора́до Maltese: Kolorado Navajo: Dibé nitsaa hahoodzo Occitan: Colorado Persian: کولورادو Persian: کلرادو Polish: Kolorado Portuguese: Colorado Russian: Колора́до Samogitian: Kolorads Sicilian: Coloradu Silesian: Kolorado Spanish: Colorado Swedish: Colorado
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