Quindío
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See also: quindío
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish Quindío from the native name, which is said by some sources to be from Quimbaya quindío or quindus meaning "paradise, eden".[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Quindío
- A river in Colombia, 69 kilometres (43 mi) long, which forms in the mountains east of Salento and flows to the southwest.
- A department of Colombia, through which this river flows.
Translations[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Nombres geográficos de Colombia (2010, Instituto Geográfico): El nombre del departamento se relaciona con la comunidad indígena que habitaba su territorio y moraba la hoya del río Quindío denominada quindos, quindus o quindío, y a su vez eran una subtribu de los Quimbayas, [...] A la vez quindío en lengua indígena era utilizado por los Quimbayas para significar "edén"[.]
Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Quindío ?
- Quindío (a river in Colombia)
- Quindío (a department of Colombia)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: Quindío
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- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Quimbaya
- English lemmas
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- en:Rivers in Colombia
- en:Places in Colombia
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- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/io
- Rhymes:Spanish/io/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Rivers in Colombia
- es:Places in Colombia
- es:Departments of Colombia