Colombia

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish Colombia, from Italian Colombo (Cristoforo Colombo); named after Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506).

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Colombia

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

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Asturian[edit]

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun[edit]

Colombia f

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl[edit]

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Danish[edit]

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish Colombia. Named after Christopher Columbus.

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Colombia n

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Galician[edit]

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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Interlingua[edit]

Interlingua Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ia

Proper noun[edit]

Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Colombia f

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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References[edit]

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

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun[edit]

Colombia

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /koˈlombja/ [koˈlõm.bja]
  • Rhymes: -ombja
  • Syllabification: Co‧lom‧bia

Proper noun[edit]

Colombia f

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

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Colombia n (genitive Colombias)

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Welsh[edit]

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

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Colombia f

  1. Colombia (a country in South America)

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Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Colombia Golombia Ngholombia Cholombia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.