Cologne

• Collen, Cologn (obsolete)
• Köln (rare in English)

From 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 colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

• IPA^(key): /kəˈloʊn/

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• Rhymes: -oʊn

Cologne

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

• Cologner

Inherited from Latin colōnia (“colony”) in Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; colōnia (“colony”) comes from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɔɲ/

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Cologne f

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

• eau de Cologne

• → English: Cologne