Colorado

== English == === 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/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒləˈɹɑːdəʊ/ (obsolete) IPA(key): /kɒləˈɹeɪdoʊ/ Rhymes: -ɑːdəʊ, -ædəʊ === Proper noun === Colorado Places in North America: A major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico. Meronym: humpback chub 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. A river in Texas in the United States, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. 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. Places in South America: A river in southern Argentina, running from the Andes into the Atlantic. A municipality of Paraná, Brazil. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. A village in the Dominican Republic. Places in the Philippines: A sitio in the barangay of Twin Peaks, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines. A barangay of San Guillermo, Isabela, Philippines. A barangay of Digos, Davao del Sur, Philippines. A barangay of Jabonga, Agusan del Norte, Philippines. A surname. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== 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 === Colorado on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Colorado on Wikiquote.Wikiquote Colorado on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage Category:Colorado on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Catalan == === Proper noun === Colorado m Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state) == Central Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Colorado Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state) == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Colorado. === Proper noun === Colorado (genitive Colorados) Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state) == Finnish == === Alternative forms === Kolorado === Etymology === From English Colorado. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkolorɑ(ː)do/, [ˈko̞lo̞ˌrɑ̝(ː)do̞] Rhymes: -ɑdo === Proper noun === Colorado Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Colorado. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa.do/ === Proper noun === le Colorado m Colorado, Colorado River (a major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico) Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state) Hypernym: État Holonym: États-Unis ==== Derived terms ==== Petit Colorado == German == === Etymology === From Spanish colorado, partly through English Colorado. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɔloˈʁaːdo/ IPA(key): /ˌkɔləˈɹaːdo/ (rare and only for the US places) === Proper noun === Colorado n (proper noun, genitive Colorados or (optionally with an article) Colorado) Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state) == 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 Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -adu Hyphenation: Co‧lo‧ra‧do Homophone: colorado === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English Colorado. ==== Proper noun ==== Colorado m (demonym coloradense) Colorado, Colorado River (a major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico) Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state) ==== Proper noun ==== Colorado f (demonym coloradense) Colorado (a municipality of Paraná, Brazil) === Etymology 2 === From colorado (“red”), after its reddish appearance. The city was named after the hydronym. ==== Proper noun ==== Colorado m a river in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ==== Proper noun ==== Colorado f (demonym coloradense) Colorado (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) === See also === == Romanian == === Proper noun === Colorado n Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state) == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔlɔraːdɔ/, [ˈkɔlɔraːdɔ] Rhymes: -aːdɔ === Proper noun === Colorado n (genitive singular Colorada, declension pattern of mesto) Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state) === References === “Colorado”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koloˈɾado/ [ko.loˈɾa.ð̞o] Rhymes: -ado Syllabification: Co‧lo‧ra‧do === Proper noun === Colorado m Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state) ==== Related terms ==== === See also === Colorado on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es