Colorado

proper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//kɒləˈɹɑːdəʊ//
United States//kɑləˈɹɑdoʊ//
United States//kɑləˈɹædoʊ//
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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.

proper noun

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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.
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.
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Places in North America: A state in the western United States, the 38th state. Capital and largest city: Denver.
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.
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Places in North America: A river in Texas in the United States, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Places in North America: An unincorporated community in Texas, United States.
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historicalPlaces in North America: The Territory of Colorado, a former territory of the United States.
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historicalPlaces in North America: A ghost town in California, United States.
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Places in South America: A river in southern Argentina, running from the Andes into the Atlantic.
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Places in South America: A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
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Places in South America: A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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Places in South America: A village in the Dominican Republic.
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Places in the Philippines: A sitio in the barangay of Twin Peaks, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
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Places in the Philippines: A barangay of San Guillermo, Isabela, Philippines.
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Places in the Philippines: A barangay of Digos, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
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Places in the Philippines: A barangay of Jabonga, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.
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A surname.

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.

Colony · A place in the United States: A town in Cullman County,…color · The spectral composition of visible light.colorado · A cigar of medium color and strength.

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…

colored · Having a color.colorful · Possessing prominent and varied colors.coloring · That colors something.

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