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Colorado [ˌkɒləˈrɑːdəʊ] n
1. (Placename) a state of the central US: consists of the Great Plains in the east and the Rockies in the west; drained chiefly by the Colorado, Arkansas, South Platte, and Rio Grande Rivers. Capital: Denver. Pop.: 4 301 261 (2000). Area: 269 998 sq. km (104 247 sq. miles) Abbreviations Colo. (with zip code), CO 2. (Placename) a river in SW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing southwest to the Gulf of California: famous for the 1600 km (1000 miles) of canyons along its course. Length: about 2320 km (1440 miles) 3. (Placename) a river in central Texas, flowing southeast to the Gulf of Mexico. Length: about 1450 km (900 miles) 4. (Placename) a river in central Argentina, flowing southeast to the Atlantic. Length: about 850 km (530 miles) [Spanish, literally: red, from Latin colōrātus coloured, tinted red; see colour] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations Colorado [ˌkɒləˈrɑːdəʊ] n (state, river) → il Colorado Colorado [ˌkɒləˈrɑːdəʊ] n (state, river) → il Colorado How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| These mountains give rise, not merely to the Wind or Bighorn River, but to several branches of the Yellowstone and the Missouri on the east, and of the Columbia and Colorado on the west; thus dividing the sources of these mighty streams. And clear across to the Atlantic, the Junta in touch with them all and all of them needing guns, mere adventurers, soldiers of fortune, bandits, disgruntled American union men, socialists, anarchists, rough-necks, Mexican exiles, peons escaped from bondage, whipped miners from the bull-pens of Coeur d'Alene and Colorado who desired only the more vindictively to fight--all the flotsam and jetsam of wild spirits from the madly complicated modern world. The Pacific Railroad is joined by several branches in Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, and Oregon. |
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