English Explanatory Dictionary

Quindío

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river in Colombia, 69 kilometres (43 mi) long, which forms in the mountains east of Salento and flows to the southwest.
  2. A department of Colombia, through which this river flows.

Word forms

Quindío

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Quindío from the native name, which is said by some sources to be from Quimbaya quindío or quindus meaning "paradise, eden".

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