Colorado
pronunciation
How to pronounce Colorado in British English:
UK [kɒləˈrædəʊ]
How to pronounce Colorado in American English:
US [ˌkɑləˈrɑdoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains
- a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
- a river in southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward forming the border between California and Arizona and fin
Word Origin
- Colorado
- U.S. state (organized as a territory 1861, admitted as a state 1876), named for the river, Spanish Rio Colorado, from colorado "ruddy, reddish," literally "colored," past participle of colorar "to color, dye, paint," from Latin colorare (see coloration).
Example
- 1. Colorado has 36 delegates at stake and minnesota 40 .
- 2. Colorado is reckoned to be through the worst .
- 3. Colorado 's economy remains healthier than many others .
- 4. Republicans in colorado may come to regret the 11th-hour stratagem .
- 5. This was after the columbine high school shootings in colorado .