Denver
pronunciation
How to pronounce Denver in British English:
UK [ˈdenvə]
How to pronounce Denver in American English:
US [ˈdɛnvɚ]
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- Noun:
- the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river
Word Origin
- Denver
- city in Colorado, U.S., founded 1858 as Auraria ("golden"), renamed 1859 for Gen. James W. Denver (1817-1892), governor of the territory. The family name is from the place of that name in Norfolk, literally "ford or passage used by the Danes," from Old English Dena (genitive plural) + fær. The Denver boot or shoe as the name for a wheel clamp for illegally parked vehicles, supposedly was invented 1953 by Frank Marugg, pattern-maker and violinist with the Denver Symphony Orchestra. He was a friend of politicians and police department officials, and the city sheriff's department came to him for help in making a device to immobilize vehicles whose owners didn't pay parking tickets.
Example
- 1. Take a school like bruce randolph in denver .
- 2. We even got engaged in denver !
- 3. Those failures caught up with mr obama in denver this week .
- 4. I was out visiting a branch in the equivalent of denver .
- 5. Denver airport seemed absurdly far from the city when it opened in 1995 .