Colombia

See also: Colômbia, Colómbia, Colòmbia, and colombià

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: Columbia

Proper noun

Colombia

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

Derived terms

• Colombian

Translations

country in South America

• Adyghe: Коломбие (Kʷolombije)
• Afrikaans: Colombia
• Albanian: Kolumbí f (indefinite), Kolumbía (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ኮሎምቢያ (kolombiya)
• Arabic: كُولُومْبِيَا f (kolombiyā)

  Egyptian Arabic: كولومبيا f (kulumbya)

• Armenian: Կոլումբիա (hy) (Kolumbia)
• Aromanian: Culumbii f (indefinite), Culumbia f (definite)
• Assamese: কলম্বিয়া (kolombia)
• Asturian: Colombia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Kolumbiya (az)
• Basque: Kolonbia
• Belarusian: Калу́мбія f (Kalúmbija)
• Bengali: কলম্বিয়া (bn) (kolombiẏa), কলোমবিয়া (kolōmbiẏa)
• Bhutanese: ཀོ་ལོམ་བི་ཡ (ko lom bi ya)
• Breton: Kolombia
• Bulgarian: Колу́мбия f (Kolúmbija)
• Burmese: ကိုလံဘီယာ (kuilambhiya)
• Catalan: Colòmbia (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᎪᎸᎻᏈᎢᎠ (golvmiquiia)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 哥倫比亞／哥伦比亚 (go¹ leon⁴ bei² aa³)

  Mandarin: 哥倫比亞／哥伦比亚 (zh) (Gēlúnbǐyà)

  Wu: 哥倫比亞／哥伦比亚 (¹ku-len-pi-ia)

• Czech: Kolumbie (cs) f
• Danish: Colombia (da) n
• Dhivehi: ކޮލަންބިއާ (kolan̊biā)
• Dutch: Colombia (nl) n, Colombië n (dated)
• Esperanto: Kolombio (eo)
• Estonian: Colombia (et), Kolumbia
• Finnish: Kolumbia (fi)
• French: Colombie (fr) f
• Friulian: Colombie f
• Galician: Colombia (gl) f
• Georgian: კოლუმბია (ka) (ḳolumbia)
• German: Kolumbien (de) n
• Greek: Κολομβία (el) f (Kolomvía)
• Gujarati: કોલમ્બિયા (kolambiyā)
• Hawaiian: Kolomepia
• Hebrew: קוֹלוֹמְבְּיָה (he) f (kolombya)
• Hindi: कोलम्बिया (hi) (kolambiyā)
• Hungarian: Kolumbia (hu)
• Icelandic: Kólumbía (is) f
• Ido: Kolumbia (io)
• Indonesian: Kolombia (id)
• Interlingua: Colombia
• Irish: An Cholóim f
• Italian: Colombia (it) f
• Japanese: コロンビア (ja) (Koronbia)
• Kalenjin: ^{(please verify)} kol
• Kamba: Kolombia
• Kannada: ಕೊಲೊಂಬಿಯ (kolombiya)
• Kazakh: Колумбия (kk) (Kolumbiä)
• Khmer: កូឡុំប៊ី (km) (koulombii)
• Kikuyu: Kolombia
• Korean: 콜롬비아 (ko) (Kollombia), 꼴롬비아 (ko) (Kkollombia) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Kolombiya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Колумбия (Kolumbiya)
• Lao: ໂກລົມບີ (kō lom bī)
• Latvian: Kolumbija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Kolumbija (lt) f
• Luhya: Kolombia
• Luo: Kolombia
• Macedonian: Колумбија f (Kolumbija)
• Malay: Colombia (ms)
• Malayalam: കൊളംബിയ (koḷambiya)
• Maori: Koromōpia
• Marathi: कोलंबिया (kolambiyā)
• Meru: Kolombia
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Колумби (Kolumbi)

• Navajo: Kolámbiya
• Nepali: कोलोम्बिया (kolombiyā)
• Norman: Colombie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Colombia n

• Occitan: Colómbia (oc) f, Colòmbia f
• Odia: କଲମ୍ବିଆ (kôlômbia)
• Ossetian: Колумби (Kolumbi)
• Pashto: کولومبيا f (kolombyā)
• Persian:

  Dari: کولَمْبِیَا (kōlambiyā)

  Iranian Persian: کُلُمْبِیا (fa) (kolombiyâ)

• Polish: Kolumbia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Colômbia (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਕੋਲੰਬੀਆ (kolambīā)
• Romanian: Columbia (ro) f
• Russian: Колу́мбия (ru) f (Kolúmbija)
• Scots: Colombie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Колу̀мбија f

  Roman: Kolùmbija (sh) f

• Shan: မိူင်းၵူဝ်ႇလမ်ႇပီႇယႃႇ (móeng kò làm pìi yàa)
• Sicilian: Culummia f
• Silesian: Kolůmbja f
• Sinhalese: කොලොම්‍බියාව (kolombiyāwa)
• Slovak: Kolumbia f
• Slovene: Kolumbija (sl) f
• Spanish: Colombia (es) f
• Swahili: Kolombia (sw)
• Swedish: Colombia (sv) n
• Tagalog: Kolombiya
• Tajik: Кулумбия (tg) (Kulumbiya)
• Tamil: கொலம்பியா (kolampiyā)
• Tatar: Колумбия (Qolumbiyä)
• Telugu: కొలంబియా (te) (kolambiyā)
• Thai: โคลอมเบีย (th) (koo-lɔm-biia)
• Tibetan: ཁོ་ལོམ་བི་ཡ (kho lom bi ya)
• Tigrinya: ኮሎምብያ (kolombəya)
• Turkish: Kolombiya (tr)
• Turkmen: Kolumbiýa
• Ukrainian: Колу́мбія (uk) f (Kolúmbija)
• Urdu: کولَمْبِیا m (kolambiyā)
• Uyghur: كولومبىيە (kolombiye)
• Uzbek: Kolumbiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Cô-lôm-bi-a
• Yiddish: קאָלאָמביע f (kolombye)
• Yoruba: Kòlóńbíà

See also

• (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Further reading

• Colombia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Asturian

Proper noun

Colombia f

1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Colombia

1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Colombia

1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Danish

Proper noun

Colombia

1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Related terms

• colombianer
• colombiansk

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Colombië (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Colombia. Named after Christopher Columbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkoːˈlɔm.bi.aː/

• Audio (Netherlands):

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• Hyphenation: Co‧lom‧bia

Proper noun

Colombia n

1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Colombiaan

Related terms

• Colombiaans

Galician

Alternative forms

• Colômbia (reintegrationist)

Proper noun

Colombia

1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Related terms

• colombiano

Interlingua

Proper noun

Colombia

1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Colombia f

1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• colombiano

Anagrams

• coliambo

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Colombia

1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Related terms

• colombianer
• colombiansk
• kolombianer
• kolombiansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Colombia

1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Related terms

• colombian
• colombianar
• colombiansk
• kolombian
• kolombianar
• kolombiansk

Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlombja/ [koˈlõm.bja]

• Audio (Colombia); “República de Colombia”:

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• Audio (Peru); “Colombia; capital: Bogotá”:

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• Rhymes: -ombja
• Syllabification: Co‧lom‧bia

Proper noun

Colombia f

1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• colombianidad
• colombianismo
• colombianista
• colombiano
• Gran Colombia

 

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Colombia n (genitive Colombias)

1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Related terms

• colombian
• colombiansk
• colombianska

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈlɔmbja/
• Rhymes: -ɔmbja

Proper noun

Colombia f

1. Colombia (a country in South America)

Coordinate terms

• (countries of South America) gwledydd De America; yr Ariannin, Bolifia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecwador, Feneswela, Gaiana, Paragwâi, Periw, Swrinam, Tsile, Wrwgwái

Derived terms

• Gweriniaeth Colombia (“Republic of Colombia”)

Mutation

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.