Colombia
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
After Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506).
Pronunciation [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Colombia
- Country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
country in South America
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See also [edit]
- (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela (Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of South America)
Asturian [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Colombia f
Danish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Colombia
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- (Netherlands)
audio (file)
Proper noun [edit]
Colombia ?
Interlingua [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Colombia
Italian [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Colombia
Derived terms [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Norwegian [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Colombia
Related terms [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Named after the explorer Christopher Columbus in 1819, from Francisco de Miranda's use of the term to designate Spanish America in the 1790s. [1]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ koˈlom.bja ]
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("República de Colombia")Audio (Colombia) (file) -
("Colombia, capital: Bogotá")Audio (Peru) (file)
Proper noun [edit]
Colombia f
Derived terms [edit]
Swedish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Colombia
Categories:
- English eponyms
- English terms with homophones
- English proper nouns
- en:Countries
- en:Countries of South America
- en:Colombia
- Asturian proper nouns
- ast:Countries
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Countries
- Dutch proper nouns
- nl:Countries
- Interlingua proper nouns
- ia:Countries
- Italian proper nouns
- it:Countries
- Norwegian proper nouns
- no:Countries
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Countries
- Swedish proper nouns
- sv:Countries