# Colombia
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish Colombia, from Italian Colombo (“Cristoforo Colombo”); named after Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506). Equivalent to Colombo +‎ -ia; piecewise doublet of Columbia.

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: Columbia

### Proper noun

Colombia
* A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.
    Synonym: (historical) New Granada

#### Derived terms

* Colombian

#### Translations
### See also

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Guyana
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Suriname
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

### Further reading

* Colombia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Asturian
### Proper noun

Colombia f
* Colombia (a country in South America)

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Colombia
* Colombia (a country in South America)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Colombia
* Colombia (a country in South America)

## Danish
### Proper noun

Colombia
* Colombia (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* colombianer
* colombiansk

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* Colombië (dated)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Colombia. Named after Christopher Columbus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌkoːˈlɔm.bi.aː/
* Audio (Netherlands):(file)
* Hyphenation: Co‧lom‧bia

### Proper noun

Colombia n
* Colombia (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* Colombiaan

#### Related terms

* Colombiaans

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* Colômbia (reintegrationist)

### Proper noun

Colombia
* Colombia (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* colombiano

## Interlingua
### Proper noun

Colombia
* Colombia (a country in South America)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈlom.bja/, /koˈlɔm.bja/
* Rhymes: -ombja, -ɔmbja
* Hyphenation: Co‧lóm‧bia, Co‧lòm‧bia

### Proper noun

Colombia f
* Colombia (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* colombiano

### References

* ↑ Colombia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* coliambo

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Colombia
* Colombia (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* colombianer
* colombiansk
* kolombianer
* kolombiansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Colombia
* Colombia (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* colombian
* colombianar
* colombiansk
* kolombian
* kolombianar
* kolombiansk

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Italian Colombo (“Cristoforo Colombo”) +‎ -ia. Named after Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) in 1819, from Francisco de Miranda's use of the term to designate Spanish America in the 1790s.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈlombja/ [koˈlõm.bja]
* Audio (Colombia); “República de Colombia”:(file)
* Audio (Peru); “Colombia; capital: Bogotá”:(file)
* Rhymes: -ombja
* Syllabification: Co‧lom‧bia

### Proper noun

Colombia f
* Colombia (a country in South America)

#### Derived terms

* colombianidad
* colombianismo
* colombianista
* colombiano
* Gran Colombia

#### Descendants

→ Japanese: コロンビア (Koronbia)

### References

* ↑ Francisco de Miranda (1806 August 2) Proclamación de Don Francisco de Miranda, Comandante-General del Exército Colombiano, á los pueblos habitantes del Continente Americo-Colombiano (in Spanish)

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Colombia n (genitive Colombias)
* Colombia (a country in South America)

#### Related terms

* colombian
* colombiansk
* colombianska

### References

* Colombia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔˈlɔmbja/
* Rhymes: -ɔmbja

### Proper noun

Colombia f
* Colombia (a country in South America)

#### Coordinate terms

* Bolifia
* Brasil
* Colombia
* Ecwador
* Feneswela
* Gaiana
* Paragwâi
* Periw
* Swrinam
* Tsile
* Wrwgwái
* yr Ariannin

#### Derived terms

* Gweriniaeth Colombia (“Republic of Colombia”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.