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colorado
/kɑləˈɹɑdoʊ/
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What does colorado mean?
noun
- A cigar of medium color and strength.
- A fish of the species Lutjanus colorado, the Colorado snapper.
proper noun
- A major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico.
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proper noun
- A state in the western United States, the 38th state. Capital and largest city: Denver.
- A river in Texas in the United States, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
- An unincorporated community in Texas, United States.
- 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.
- 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.
- A surname.
- (historical) The Territory of Colorado, a former territory of the United States.
- (historical) A ghost town in California, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
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I must explain that every mile I have traveled since leaving Colorado Springs has taken me farther and higher into the mountains.
The cliff ruins in Arizona are not only found in the canons of the Colorado river, but also in many other places.
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North of the Colorado this bed thins out, and the pebbles become exceedingly small, and here the characteristic vegetation of Patagonia ceases.
Thomas Sanders sold his stock for somewhat less than a million dollars, and presently lost most of it in a Colorado gold mine.
Utah, the pioneer dry-farm state, was represented by a delegation second in size only to that of Colorado, where the Congress was held.