# 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: /kɑləˈɹɑdoʊ/, /kɑləˈɹædoʊ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kɒləˈɹɑːdəʊ/
* (obsolete) IPA: /kɒləˈɹeɪdoʊ/
* Audio (US); /kɑləˈrɑdoʊ/:(file)
* Audio (US); /kɑləˈrædoʊ/:(file)
* 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
*** 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 29: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.
** 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.

#### Derived terms

* CO
* Coloradan
* Coloradoan
* Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
* Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens)
* Colorado bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata)
* Colorado bur (Solanum rostratum)
* Colorado City
* Colorado County
* Colorado Desert
* Colorado fir (Abies concolor)
* Colorado four o'clock (Mirabilis multiflora)
* Colorado green spruce (Picea pungens)
* Colorado pinyon (Pinus edulis)
* Colorado Plateau
* Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
* Colorado River
* Colorado soldier beetle (Chauliognathus basalis)
* Colorado Springs
* Colorado spruce (Picea pungens)
* Colorado topaz
* Little Colorado

#### Translations
### See also

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text) :
* States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
* Federal district: Washington, D.C.
* Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

### References

* ↑ Both variants are found among Colorado natives.
* ↑ Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “2. The Vowel Sounds of Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § III.5, page 81.

### 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: /ˈkolorɑ(ː)do/, [ˈko̞lo̞ˌrɑ̝(ː)do̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑdo

### Proper noun

Colorado
* Colorado (A state in the western United States, the 38th state)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Colorado (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Coloradoni
accusative
nom.
Coloradoni
gen.
Coloradoni
genitive
Coloradoni
partitive
Coloradoani
inessive
Coloradossani
elative
Coloradostani
illative
Coloradooni
adessive
Coloradollani
ablative
Coloradoltani
allative
Coloradolleni
essive
Coloradonani
translative
Coloradokseni
abessive
Coloradottani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Coloradosi
accusative
nom.
Coloradosi
gen.
Coloradosi
genitive
Coloradosi
partitive
Coloradoasi
inessive
Coloradossasi
elative
Coloradostasi
illative
Coloradoosi
adessive
Coloradollasi
ablative
Coloradoltasi
allative
Coloradollesi
essive
Coloradonasi
translative
Coloradoksesi
abessive
Coloradottasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Coloradomme
accusative
nom.
Coloradomme
gen.
Coloradomme
genitive
Coloradomme
partitive
Coloradoamme
inessive
Coloradossamme
elative
Coloradostamme
illative
Coloradoomme
adessive
Coloradollamme
ablative
Coloradoltamme
allative
Coloradollemme
essive
Coloradonamme
translative
Coloradoksemme
abessive
Coloradottamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Coloradonne
accusative
nom.
Coloradonne
gen.
Coloradonne
genitive
Coloradonne
partitive
Coloradoanne
inessive
Coloradossanne
elative
Coloradostanne
illative
Coloradoonne
adessive
Coloradollanne
ablative
Coloradoltanne
allative
Coloradollenne
essive
Coloradonanne
translative
Coloradoksenne
abessive
Coloradottanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Coloradonsa
accusative
nom.
Coloradonsa
gen.
Coloradonsa
genitive
Coloradonsa
partitive
Coloradoaan Coloradoansa
inessive
Coloradossaan Coloradossansa
elative
Coloradostaan Coloradostansa
illative
Coloradoonsa
adessive
Coloradollaan Coloradollansa
ablative
Coloradoltaan Coloradoltansa
allative
Coloradolleen Coloradollensa
essive
Coloradonaan Coloradonansa
translative
Coloradokseen Coloradoksensa
abessive
Coloradottaan Coloradottansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* coloradontaskurotta

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Colorado.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa.do/
* Audio:(file)

### 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: /ˌkɔloˈʁaːdo/
* IPA: /ˌkɔləˈɹaːdo/ (rare and only for the US places)
* Audio:(file)

### 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: /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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ko.loˈɾa.du/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ko.loˈɾa.du/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ko.loˈɾa.do/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ku.luˈɾa.du/ [ku.luˈɾa.ðu]
* Hyphenation: Co‧lo‧ra‧do

### Proper noun

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)
* A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil
* A town and municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

## Romanian
### Proper noun

Colorado n
* Colorado (A state in the western United States, the 38th state)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔlɔraːdɔ]

### 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, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* colorado

### See also

* Colorado on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{es}$