English
colorado
see also: Colorado
Noun

colorado (plural colorados)

  1. A cigar of medium colour and strength.
  2. A fish of the species Lutjanus colorado, the Colorado snapper.
Colorado
Pronunciation
  • (GA) IPA: /kɑləˈɹɑdoʊ/, /kɑləˈɹædoʊ/
  • (RP) IPA: /kɒləˈɹɑːdəʊ/
Proper noun
  1. (geography, with the definite article) The Colorado River,
  2. The Colorado River (Texas) of Texas, USA,
  3. (geography) , with its capital at Denver.
    • 1878, "Colorado", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. VI, p. 162:
      The mountains of Colorado were, till a comparatively recent date, richly clothed with forest; but owing partly to natural causes, and still more to the lavish consumption and reckless destruction of the early settlers, the quantity of growing timber in the State is exceedingly small, and before long, if restorative measures are not adopted, the Colorado demand for wood will require to be supplied from without. Whole mountain sides often present the appearance of monstrous cheavaux-de-frise, the dead trunks of the wind-thrown pines being tossed about in all directions.
  4. (geography) A municipality in Paraná, Brazil.
  5. (geography) A municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
  6. (geography) A village in Dominican Republic.
  7. (geography) An unincorporated community in Texas, USA.
  8. (historical geography) The Territory of Colorado, a former territory of the United States.
  9. (historical geography) A ghost town in California, USA.
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