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Complete Definition of "Cologne"

see|cologne

English
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Etymology
From F. #French|Cologne, from L. Colonia Agrippina, ‘Agrippine Colony’, a settlement founded by w:Agrippina the Younger|Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor w:Nero|Nero. Latin colonia ‘colony’ comes from colonus ‘farmer’, from colere ‘to cultivate’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwel.

Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. A city in northwestern Germany on the Rhine River.

Translations

Dutch: Keulen n
Finnish: Köln
French: #French|Cologne f
German: Köln n
Greek: Κολωνία (kolonía) f
Hungarian: Köln
Hebrew: קלן (Keln)
Icelandic: Köln#Icelandic|Köln f, Kolni f (archaic)
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Italian: Colonia f
Japanese: ケルン (けるん, kerun)
Kölsch: Kölle f
Latin: Colonia Agrippina f
Polish: Kolonia f
Russian: Кёльн (Kjol’n) m
Spanish: Colonia f
Swedish: Köln c
Turkish: Köln

Category:Cities
Category:Exonyms


French

Etymology
From L.|fr Colonia Agrippina, ‘Agrippine Colony’, a settlement founded by w:Agrippina the Younger|Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor w:Nero|Nero. Latin colonia ‘colony’ comes from colonus ‘farmer’, from colere ‘to cultivate’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwel.

Proper noun
Cologne f

  1. #English|Cologne

Category:French proper nouns
Category:fr:Cities

de:Cologne
et:Cologne
fr:Cologne
hu:Cologne
ru:Cologne
fi:Cologne

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