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Colden

American  
[kohl-duhn] / ˈkoʊl dən /

noun

  1. Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.


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It was about 1 a.m. when she began the 6-mile hike to the Lake Colden outpost, a solar-powered ranger station that is a base for backcountry rescues.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Then, one day in February, workers cleared the encampment, which stretched about four blocks from Colden Avenue to Century Boulevard, moving dozens of people indoors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2024

May Stocks has been running her store in the tiny hamlet of Colden, near Hebden Bridge, since 1974.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2022

But it’s a concern that overharvesting is happening in the same areas where the most baby oysters are growing, said Allison Colden, Maryland fisheries scientist for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2021

Rogers and Colden admired these Indians, but not every European did.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann