Colombia

See also: Colômbia, Colòmbia, and colombià

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: Columbia

Proper noun

Colombia

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

Derived terms

Translations

See also


Asturian

Proper noun

Colombia f

  1. Colombia

Danish

Proper noun

Colombia

  1. Colombia

Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Colombia n

  1. Colombia

Interlingua

Proper noun

Colombia

  1. Colombia

Italian

Proper noun

Colombia f

  1. Colombia

Derived terms

Anagrams


Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Colombia

  1. Colombia

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Colombia

  1. Colombia

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈlombja/, [koˈlõmbja]
  • (file)
    ("República de Colombia")
  • (file)
    ("Colombia, capital: Bogotá")

Proper noun

Colombia f

  1. Colombia

Derived terms


Swedish

Proper noun

Colombia n (genitive Colombias)

  1. Colombia
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