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]
Audio (US /kɑləˈrɑdoʊ/ variant) (file) Audio (US /kɑləˈrædoʊ/ variant) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːdəʊ, -ædəʊ
Proper noun
Colorado
- A major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico.
- 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.
- 1878, "Colorado", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. VI, p. 162:
- A river in Texas in the United States, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
- A river in southern Argentina, running from the Andes into the Atlantic.
- Several settlements in the Americas.
- A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
- A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- A village in the Dominican Republic.
- An unincorporated community in Texas, United States.
- (historical) The Territory of Colorado, a former territory of the United States.
- (historical) A ghost town in California, United States.
Derived terms
Translations
major river
US state
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See also
| 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
- Both variants are found among Colorado natives.
- 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
Central Nahuatl
Danish
Finnish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkolorɑ(ː)do/, [ˈko̞lo̞ˌrɑ(ː)do̞]
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 | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Colorado (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Coloradoni | Coloradomme |
| 2nd person | Coloradosi | Coloradonne |
| 3rd person | Coloradonsa | |
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔloˈʁaːdo/
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔləˈɹaːdo/ (rare and only for the US places)
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Colorado n (proper noun, genitive Colorados or (optionally with an article) Colorado)
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.loˈra.do/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Hyphenation: Co‧lo‧rà‧do
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.loˈɾa.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.loˈɾa.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.luˈɾa.du/ [ku.luˈɾa.ðu]
Proper noun
Colorado m
- Colorado (a river in North America, located between the United States and Mexico)
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
- A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil
- A town and municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Romanian
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkoloraːdo]
Proper noun
Colorado n (genitive singular Colorada, declension pattern of mesto)
- Colorado (a state of the United States)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koloˈɾado/ [ko.loˈɾa.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: Co‧lo‧ra‧do
Related terms
See also
Colorado on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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