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Colorado
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colorado Cô-lô-ra-đô
English
,+ River,<dab!>
region Q1261 en Location of the state of Colorado in the United States
Etymology
en :der es:colorado pt:colorado 1
From en es colorado red, ruddy, colored, usually from the reddish appearance of some silt-laden rivers, or from en pt colorado in the case of Brazilian locations.
Pronunciation
en /kɑləˈɹɑdoʊ/ /kɑləˈɹædoʊ/ GABoth variants are found among Colorado natives.
en /kɒləˈɹɑːdəʊ/ RP
en /kɒləˈɹeɪdoʊ/ obsolete 2 III.5 81
en en-us-Colorado.ogg US /kɑləˈrɑdoʊ/
en ColoradanColorado.ogg US /kɑləˈrædoʊ/
en ɑːdəʊ ædəʊ 4
Proper noun
Places in North America:
en Q1265en A <<major river>> of western <<cont/North America>>, running from the <<range/Rocky Mountains>> in the <<c:also/United States>> to the <<gulf/Gulf of California>> in <<c/Mexico>> + + River.
en humpback chub
I 29 A million cascade brooks unite to form a thousand torrent creeks ; a thousand torrent creeks unite to form half a hundred rivers beset with cataracts ; half a hundred roaring rivers unite to form the Colorado, which rolls, a mad, turbid stream, into the Gulf of California.
en Q1261en A <<state>> in the western <<c/United States>>, the 38th state 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.
en Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house 2023-06-21 The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee. https://web.archive.org/web/20260518195434/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house 18 May 2026
en Q847785en A <<river>> in <<s/Texas>> in the <<c/United States>>, flowing into the <<gulf/Gulf of Mexico>>.
en unincorporated community s/Texas c/USA.
en historical The Territory of Colorado, a former territory of the United States.
en historical en ghost town s/California c/USA.
Places in South America:
en A <<river>> in southern <<c/Argentina>>, running from the <<range/Andes>> into the <<ocean/Atlantic>>.
en Q2077965 en municipality s/Paraná c/Brazil.
en Q1185008 en municipality s/Rio Grande do Sul c/Brazil.
en village c/Dominican Republic.
Places in the Philippines:
en sitio barangay:pref/Twin Peaks mun/Tuba p/Benguet c/Philippines. thumb|Colorado bridge, Twin Peaks, Tuba, Benguet
en barangay mun/San Guillermo p/Isabela c/Philippines.
en barangay city/Digos p/Davao del Sur c/Philippines.
en barangay mun/Jabonga p/Agusan del Norte c/Philippines.
en.
Derived terms
en CO Colorado State Colorado Ranger Coloradan Colorado Territory Territory of Colorado Coloradoan Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata species) Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens species) Colorado bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata species) Colorado bur (Solanum rostratum species) Colorado fir (Abies concolor species) Colorado four o'clock (Mirabilis multiflora species) Colorado green spruce (Picea pungens species) Colorado pinyon (Pinus edulis species) Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata species) Colorado soldier beetle (Chauliognathus basalis species) Colorado spruce (Picea pungens species) Colorado City Colorado County Colorado Desert Colorado Plateau Colorado River Colorado pikeminnow Colorado Springs Colorado low Colorado-like coloradoite Colwich Kanorado Colorado topaz Little Colorado
Translations
major river
Esperanto: eo Kolorado
French: fr Colorado m
Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai: yuf Ha Ŧay Gʼam, yuf Sil Gsvgov, yuf ʼHakhwata
Hopi: hop Pisisvayu
Lao: lo ແມ່ນ້ຳໂຄໂລຣາໂດ, lo ແມ່ນ້ຳໂຄໂລຣາໂດ
Latin: la Flūmen Colōrātum n
Maricopa: mrc 'Xakxwet
Polish: pl Kolorado n
Portuguese: pt Colorado m
Thai: th แม่น้ำโคโลราโด
Ukrainian: uk Колора́до f
US state
Arabic: ar كُولُورَادُو f
Armenian: hy Կոլորադո
Cherokee: chr ᎧᎶᏩᏓ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 科羅拉多州 Kēluólāduō zhōu
Corsican: co Coloradu m
Czech: cs Colorado n
Danish: da Colorado
Esperanto: eo Koloradio
Finnish: fi Colorado, fi Kolorado
French: fr Colorado m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Kolorado
Galician: gl Colorado m
Georgian: ka კოლორადო
German: de Colorado
Greek: el Κολοράντο n
Hindi: hi कोलोराडो m, hi कॉलोराडो m
Hungarian: hu Colorado
Irish: ga Colaradó
Italian: it Colorado m
Japanese: ja コロラド州 Kororado-shu
Khmer: km កូឡូរ៉ាដូ, km ខូឡូរ៉ាដូ
Korean: ko ^콜로라도
Lao: lo ໂຄໂລຣາໂດ
Latin: la Colōrātum n
Latvian: lv Kolorādo
Limburgish: li Colorado
Lithuanian: lt Koloradas m
Macedonian: mk Колора́до n
Maltese: mt Kolorado m
Navajo: nv Dibé nitsaa hahoodzo
Occitan: oc Colorado m
Persian: fa کولورادو kolorâdo, fa کلرادو kolorâdo
Polish: pl Kolorado n
Portuguese: pt Colorado m
Russian: ru Колора́до m
Samogitian: sgs Kolorads
Sicilian: scn Coloradu m
Silesian: szl Kolorado
Spanish: es Colorado m
Swedish: sv Colorado n
Thai: th โคโลราโด
Tibetan: bo ཁོ་ལོ་ར་ཌོ
Turkish: tr Colorado
Ukrainian: uk Колора́до m
Uyghur: ug كولورادو
Vietnamese: vi Cô-lô-ra-đô
Yiddish: yi קאָלאָראַדאָ
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Colorado is the 11810th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2650 individuals. Colorado is most common among Hispanic (87.62%) individuals.
See also
References
Further reading
Catalan
Proper noun
m
ca Colorado Q1261
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
nhn proper noun
nhn Colorado Q1261
Danish
da:
Etymology
Borrowed from da en Colorado.
Proper noun
da proper noun genitive Colorados
da Colorado Q1261
Finnish
fi:
thumb|right|Colorado
Alternative forms
fi Kolorado
Etymology
From fi en Colorado.
Pronunciation
kolora(:)do
Proper noun
fi Colorado Q1261
Declension
sg Colorad o a
Derived terms
fi compounds coloradontaskurotta
French
fr:
Etymology
fr :bor en:Colorado
fr en Colorado.
Pronunciation
fr Fr-Colorado.oga
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Colorado.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Proper noun
m le Colorado
fr Colorado Q1265
fr Colorado Q1261
fr État
fr États-Unis
Derived terms
fr Petit Colorado
German
Etymology
From de es colorado, partly through de en Colorado.
Pronunciation
de /ˌkɔloˈʁaːdo/
de /ˌkɔləˈɹaːdo/ rare and only for the US places
de De-Colorado.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de Colorado Q1261
Italian
it:
Etymology
it en Colorado, from it es colorado.
Pronunciation
Coloràdo
Proper noun
m
it Colorado Q1261
Portuguese
pt:
Pronunciation
pt adu 4
pt Co lo ra do
pt colorado
Etymology 1
pt :bor en:Colorado +
Proper noun
m coloradense
pt Colorado Q1265
pt Colorado Q1261
Proper noun
f coloradense
pt Colorado Q2077965
Etymology 2
pt colorado
From pt colorado red, after its reddish appearance. The city was named after the hydronym.
Proper noun
m
pt river s/Rio Grande do Sul c/Brazil
pt Equipes do Corpo de Bombeiros de Tapera, no norte gaúcho, realizam buscas por um homem de 55 anos que caiu no Rio Colorado, no interior do município, durante uma pescaria na madrugada desta terça-feira (1°). Gabriel Quadros;Gustavo Gossen Bombeiros fazem buscas por homem que caiu no Rio Colorado durante pescaria no interior de Tapera GHZ Passo Fundo 2025-04-01 Grupo RBS Porto Alegre https://web.archive.org/web/20250401130903/https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/passo-fundo/geral/noticia/2025/04/bombeiros-fazem-buscas-por-homem-que-caiu-no-rio-colorado-durante-pescaria-no-interior-de-tapera-cm8ycaswj00jp016xt0ekwgq2.html
Proper noun
f coloradense
pt Colorado Q1185008
See also
Romanian
Proper noun
ro proper noun n
ro Colorado Q1261
Slovak
sk:
Pronunciation
kolorádo
Proper noun
n Colorada mesto
sk Colorado Q1261
References
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :bor en:Colorado + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es Colorado Q1261
es w:Associated Press Juez federal dice que los oficiales de inmigración en Colorado solo pueden arrestar a quienes corren el riesgo de huir w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/11/26/eeuu/juez-inmigracion-colorado-arrestos-normas-trax 2025-11-26 Un juez federal dictaminó el martes que los oficiales de inmigración en Colorado solo pueden arrestar a personas sin una orden judicial si creen que es probable que esas personas huyan. https://web.archive.org/web/20260228155238/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/11/26/eeuu/juez-inmigracion-colorado-arrestos-normas-trax 28 February 2026
Related terms
es colorado