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Colombia

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English

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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Colombia

  1. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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Further reading

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Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Colombia f

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Proper noun

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)
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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Colombia. Named after Christopher Columbus.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Colombia n

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Derived terms

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)
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Interlingua

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Interlingua Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ia

Proper noun

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈlom.bja/, /koˈlɔm.bja/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ombja, -ɔmbja
  • Hyphenation: Co‧lóm‧bia, Co‧lòm‧bia

Proper noun

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Colombia f

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Colombia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Proper noun

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)
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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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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.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Colombia f

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Japanese: コロンビア (Koronbia)

References

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

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Proper noun

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Colombia n (genitive Colombias)

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)
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References

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Welsh

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Colombia f

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of Colombia
radical soft nasal aspirate
Colombia Golombia Ngholombia Cholombia

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