Cologne

cologne English Alternative forms en Collen Cologn obsolete en Köln rare Etymology en itc-pro ine-pro From en enm Coloyne, from en fro Cologne, from en la Colōnia Agrippīna Agrippine Colony, a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; la colōnia colony comes from la colōnus farmer; colonist, from verb la colo, colere till, cultivate, worship. en Colonia, en colony, and en Köln, from German. Pronunciation en /kəˈloʊn/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cologne.wav Southern England en oʊn 2 en /ˈkʊlɛn/ /ˈkʊlɪn/ Early Modern II 272 840 Proper noun en largest city s/North Rhine-Westphalia in western c/Germany, on the Rhine River. en 2025-06-04 Alex Croft Around 20,000 evacuated in Cologne as major bomb defusal operation underway w:The Independent https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/cologne-bomb-defusal-evacuation-germany-second-world-war-b2763306.html 2026-02-20 Roads on either side of the river Rhine will be closed as authorities seal off the large evacuation zone. The Unesco World Heritage Cologne Cathedral sits just outside the area. https://web.archive.org/web/20250726132454/https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/cologne-bomb-defusal-evacuation-germany-second-world-war-b2763306.html en city/and/town s/Minnesota c/USA. Derived terms en Cologner Colognian Translations city in Germany Arabic: ar كولونْيَا f kolōnya Egyptian Arabic: arz كولونيا f kolónya, arz كولون f kolōn Hijazi Arabic: acw كلونيا f kulōnya Armenian: hy Քյոլն Belarusian: be Кёльн m Bulgarian: bg Кьолн m Catalan: ca Colònia f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 科隆 fo1 lung4 Mandarin: cmn 科隆 Kēlóng Czech: cs Kolín nad Rýnem m Danish: da Köln, da Køln Dutch: nl Keulen n Esperanto: eo Kolonjo Estonian: et Köln Farefare: gur Kolon, gur Kɔlɔn Faroese: fo Køln f Finnish: fi Köln French: fr Cologne f Old French: fro Coloigne Galician: gl Colonia German: de Köln n Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Kölle f Kölsch Greek: el Κολωνία f Hebrew: he קלן Keln Hindi: hi कोलोन Hungarian: hu Köln Icelandic: is Köln f, is Kolni f archaic Interlingua: ia Colonia Italian: it Colonia f Japanese: ja ケルン Kerun Korean: ko ^쾰른 Kyrgyz: ky Көлн Ladino: lad Köln Latin: la Colōnia Agrippīna f Luxembourgish: lb Köln Macedonian: mk Келн m Marathi: mr कोलोन n Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Köln Nynorsk: nn Köln Old Norse: non Kolni f Persian: fa کلن koln Polish: pl Kolonia f Portuguese: Brazilian Portuguese: pt Colônia f European Portuguese: pt Colónia f Russian: ru Кёльн m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Келн m Latin: sh Köln m Slovak: sk Kolín nad Rýnom m Spanish: es Colonia f Swedish: sv Köln c Thai: th โคโลญ Turkish: tr Köln, tr Kolonya Ukrainian: uk Кельн m Urdu: ur کولَن m Vietnamese: vi Cô-lô-nhơ Welsh: cy Cwlen f Yiddish: yi קעלן n References Anagrams en ceglnoo El Congo en exonyms French fr: Etymology fr itc-pro ine-pro 1 fr :inh fro:Cologne<ety:der<la:Colōnia Agrippīna>> 1 fr fro Cologne, fro Coloigne, from fr la colōnia colony in la Colōnia Agrippīna Agrippine Colony, a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Cologne.wav <<France>> (<<Brétigny-sur-Orge>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Cologne.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) Proper noun f fr largest city s/North Rhine-Westphalia in northwestern c/Germany Cologne Derived terms fr eau de Cologne fr exonyms