Colombia

See also: Colômbia, Colómbia, Colòmbia, and colombià

English

Etymology

Named after Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: Columbia

Proper noun

Colombia

2. Country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia.

Derived terms

• Colombian

Translations

country in South America

• Adyghe: Коломбие (Kʷolombije)
• Afrikaans: Colombia
• Albanian: Kolumbi f (indefinite), Kolumbia (sq) f
• Arabic: كُولُومْبِيَا f (kolombiyā)

  Egyptian Arabic: كولومبيا f (kulumbya)

• Armenian: Կոլումբիա (hy) (Kolumbia)
• Assamese: কলম্বিয়া (kolombia)
• Asturian: Colombia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Kolumbiya (az)
• Basque: Kolonbia
• Belarusian: Калу́мбія f (Kalúmbija)
• Bengali: কলম্বিয়া (kolombiẏa), কলোমবিয়া (kolōmbiẏa)
• Breton: Kolombia
• Bulgarian: Колу́мбия f (Kolúmbija)
• Burmese: ကိုလံဘီယာ (kuilambhiya)
• Catalan: Colòmbia (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᎪᎸᎻᏈᎢᎠ (golvmiquiia)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Kolumbie (cs) f
• Danish: Colombia (da)
• Dhivehi: ކޮލަންބިއާ (kolan̊biā)
• Dutch: Colombia (nl), Colombië
• Esperanto: Kolombio (eo)
• Estonian: Colombia (et), Kolumbia
• Finnish: Kolumbia (fi)
• French: Colombie (fr) f
• Galician: Colombia (gl) f
• Georgian: კოლუმბია (ḳolumbia)
• German: Kolumbien (de) n
• Greek: Κολομβία (el) f (Kolomvía)
• Hawaiian: Kolomepia
• Hebrew: קוֹלוֹמְבְּיָה (he) f (kolombia)
• 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: kol
• Kamba: Kolombia
• Kazakh: Колумбия (Kolumbiä)
• Khmer: កូឡុំប៊ី (km) (koulombii)
• Kikuyu: Kolombia
• Korean: 콜롬비아 (Kollombia)
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• Kyrgyz: Колумбия (Kolumbiya)
• Lao: ໂກລົມບີ (kō lom bī)
• Latvian: Kolumbija f
• Lithuanian: Kolumbija (lt) f
• Luhya: Kolombia
• Luo: Kolombia
• Macedonian: Колумбија f (Kolumbija)
• Malay: Colombia
• Maori: Koromōpia
• Meru: Kolombia
• Mongolian: Колумб (Kolumb)
• Navajo: Kolámbiya
• Norman: Colombie f
• Norwegian: Colombia
• Occitan: Colómbia (oc) f
• Ossetian: Колумби (Kolumbi)
• Pashto: کولومبيا f (kolombyã)
• Persian: کلمبیا (fa) (kolombiyâ)
• Polish: Kolumbia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Colômbia (pt) f
• Romanian: Columbia (ro) f
• Russian: Колу́мбия (ru) f (Kolúmbija)
• Scots: Colombie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Колу̀мбија f

  Roman: Kolùmbija (sh) f

• Silesian: Kolůmbja f
• Sinhalese: කොලොම්‍බියාව (kolombiyāwa)
• Slovak: Kolumbia f
• Slovene: Kolumbija (sl) f
• Spanish: Colombia (es) f
• Swahili: Kolombia (sw)
• Swedish: Colombia (sv)
• Tagalog: Kolombiya
• Tajik: Кулумбия (tg) (Kulumbiya)
• Tatar: Колумбия (Qolumbiyä)
• Telugu: కొలంబియా (te) (kolambiyā)
• Thai: โคลอมเบีย (th) (koo-lɔm-biia)
• Tibetan: ཁོ་ལོམ་བི་ཡ (kho lom bi ya)
• Turkish: Kolombiya (tr)
• Turkmen: Kolumbiýa
• Ukrainian: Колу́мбія (uk) f (Kolúmbija)
• Urdu: کولمبیا m (kolambiyā)
• Uyghur: كولومبىيە (kolombiye)
• Uzbek: Kolumbiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Cô-lôm-bi-a
• Yiddish: קאָלאָמביע (kolombye)
• Yoruba: Kòlómíbìa

See also

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

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Asturian

Proper noun

Colombia f

1. Colombia

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Danish

Proper noun

Colombia

1. Colombia

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• audio:

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Proper noun

Colombia n

1. Colombia

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Interlingua

Proper noun

Colombia

1. Colombia

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Italian

Proper noun

Colombia f

1. Colombia

Derived terms

• colombiano

Anagrams

• coliambo

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Colombia

1. Colombia

Related terms

• colombianer
• colombiansk

• kolombianer
• kolombiansk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Colombia

1. Colombia

Related terms

• colombian
• colombianar
• colombiansk

• kolombian
• kolombianar
• kolombiansk

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Spanish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /koˈlombja/ [koˈlõm.bja]

• Audio (Colombia):

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  ("República de Colombia")

• Audio (Peru):

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  ("Colombia; capital: Bogotá")

Proper noun

Colombia f

1. Colombia

Derived terms

• colombiano (adjective)
• colombianidad
• colombianismo
• colombianista

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Swedish

Proper noun

Colombia n (genitive Colombias)

1. Colombia