Colorado

See also: colorado

English

Map of US highlighting Colorado

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.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Colorado

  1. A major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico.
  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. A river in southern Argentina, running from the Andes into the Atlantic.
  5. Several settlements in the Americas.
    1. A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
    2. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
    3. A village in the Dominican Republic.
    4. An unincorporated community in Texas, United States.
  6. (historical) The Territory of Colorado, a former territory of the United States.
  7. (historical) A ghost town in California, United States.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Federal District: Washington, D.C.
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

References

  1. Both variants are found among Colorado natives.
  2. Hall, Joseph Sargent (March 2, 1942), “2. The Vowel Sounds of Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § III.5, page 81.

Catalan

Proper noun

Colorado ?

  1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Colorado

  1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Colorado.

Proper noun

Colorado (genitive Colorados)

  1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English Colorado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolorɑ(ː)do/, [ˈko̞lo̞ˌrɑ̝(ː)do̞]

Proper noun

Colorado

  1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Colorado (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Colorado —
genitive Coloradon —
partitive Coloradoa —
illative Coloradoon —
singular plural
nominative Colorado —
accusative nom. Colorado —
gen. Coloradon
genitive Coloradon —
partitive Coloradoa —
inessive Coloradossa —
elative Coloradosta —
illative Coloradoon —
adessive Coloradolla —
ablative Coloradolta —
allative Coloradolle —
essive Coloradona —
translative Coloradoksi —
instructive — —
abessive Coloradotta —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Colorado (type valo)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Coloradoni —
accusative nom. Coloradoni —
gen. Coloradoni
genitive Coloradoni —
partitive Coloradoani —
inessive Coloradossani —
elative Coloradostani —
illative Coloradooni —
adessive Coloradollani —
ablative Coloradoltani —
allative Coloradolleni —
essive Coloradonani —
translative Coloradokseni —
instructive — —
abessive Coloradottani —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Coloradosi —
accusative nom. Coloradosi —
gen. Coloradosi
genitive Coloradosi —
partitive Coloradoasi —
inessive Coloradossasi —
elative Coloradostasi —
illative Coloradoosi —
adessive Coloradollasi —
ablative Coloradoltasi —
allative Coloradollesi —
essive Coloradonasi —
translative Coloradoksesi —
instructive — —
abessive Coloradottasi —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Coloradomme —
accusative nom. Coloradomme —
gen. Coloradomme
genitive Coloradomme —
partitive Coloradoamme —
inessive Coloradossamme —
elative Coloradostamme —
illative Coloradoomme —
adessive Coloradollamme —
ablative Coloradoltamme —
allative Coloradollemme —
essive Coloradonamme —
translative Coloradoksemme —
instructive — —
abessive Coloradottamme —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Coloradonne —
accusative nom. Coloradonne —
gen. Coloradonne
genitive Coloradonne —
partitive Coloradoanne —
inessive Coloradossanne —
elative Coloradostanne —
illative Coloradoonne —
adessive Coloradollanne —
ablative Coloradoltanne —
allative Coloradollenne —
essive Coloradonanne —
translative Coloradoksenne —
instructive — —
abessive Coloradottanne —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Coloradonsa —
accusative nom. Coloradonsa —
gen. Coloradonsa
genitive Coloradonsa —
partitive Coloradoaan
Coloradoansa
—
inessive Coloradossaan
Coloradossansa
—
elative Coloradostaan
Coloradostansa
—
illative Coloradoonsa —
adessive Coloradollaan
Coloradollansa
—
ablative Coloradoltaan
Coloradoltansa
—
allative Coloradolleen
Coloradollensa
—
essive Coloradonaan
Coloradonansa
—
translative Coloradokseen
Coloradoksensa
—
instructive — —
abessive Coloradottaan
Coloradottansa
—
comitative — —

German

Etymology

From Spanish colorado, partly through English Colorado.

Pronunciation

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

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

  1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Colorado, from Spanish colorado.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Colorado m

  1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.loˈɾa.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.loˈɾa.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.luˈɾa.du/ [ku.luˈɾa.ðu]

  • Hyphenation: Co‧lo‧ra‧do

Proper noun

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

Romanian

Proper noun

Colorado n

  1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoloraːdo]

Proper noun

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

  1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

References

  • Colorado in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koloˈɾado/ [ko.loˈɾa.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: Co‧lo‧ra‧do

Proper noun

Colorado m

  1. Colorado (a state of the United States)

See also

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