Cologne

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From French Cologne, from Latin Colonia Agrippina, ‘Agrippine Colony’, a settlement founded by Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero. Latin colonia ‘colony’ comes from colonus ‘farmer’, from colere ‘to cultivate’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwel.

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Singular
Cologne

Plural
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Cologne

  1. A city in northwestern Germany on the Rhine River.

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin Colonia Agrippina, ‘Agrippine Colony’, a settlement founded by Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero. Latin colonia ‘colony’ comes from colonus ‘farmer’, from colere ‘to cultivate’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwel.

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Cologne f.

  1. Cologne

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