colorado
(of cigars) of medium color and strength.
Origin of colorado
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a state in the western United States. 104,247 sq. mi. (270,000 sq. km). Capital: Denver. Abbreviations: CO (for use with zip code), Col., Colo.
a river flowing southwest from northern Colorado through Utah and Arizona into the Gulf of California: Grand Canyon; Boulder Dam. 1,450 miles (2,335 km) long.
a river flowing southeast from western Texas to the Gulf of Mexico. 840 miles (1,350 km) long.
Rí·o Col·o·ra·do [Spanish ree-aw kaw-law-rah-thaw], /Spanish ˈri ɔ ˌkɔ lɔˈrɑ ðɔ/, a river in central Argentina, flowing southeast from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean. 530 miles (853 km) long.
Other words from Colorado
- Col·o·rad·an, Col·o·rad·o·an, adjective, noun
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How to use colorado in a sentence
In colorado, it will be spring before high-risk people will be included in the next priority group, according to the health department website.
Vaccine lotteries and personal appeals: The medically vulnerable find their priority status slipping away | Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostA very early version of a quantum positioning system, developed by ColdQuanta in Boulder, colorado, is now operating on the International Space Station.
Hyper-accurate positioning is rolling out worldwide | Katie McLean | February 24, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIn Denver, colorado, a program was launched in June 2020 with healthcare professionals replacing cops in the handling of mental health incidents.
How Are Activists Managing Dissension Within the ‘Defund the Police’ Movement? | Josiah Bates | February 23, 2021 | TimeDavey Pitcher watched the shiny yellow sports car roll through the parking lot and pull up just below his office window at Wolf Creek Ski Area, a small operation in southern colorado that Pitcher runs.
Elizabeth Ann was born in December in a conservation center in colorado, the result of years’ worth of careful research and planning.
The First Endangered American Animal Has Been Cloned | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | February 19, 2021 | Singularity Hub
Even though clerks in Virginia, colorado, Utah, and other states have been doing exactly that.
The Back Alley, Low Blow-Ridden Fight to Stop Gay Marriage in Florida Is Finally Over | Jay Michaelson | January 5, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe headed west in 1860 for health reasons and to join the gold rush in colorado.
Even in places as blue-leaning as colorado, Latino support for pro-growth Republicans has been growing.
A colorado-based full- service residential mortgage banking company.
She now serves as an Associate Professor at colorado State University and has authored several books on autism and animal science.
The Most Inspiring Bits of Temple Grandin’s Reddit AMA | Emily Shire | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe colorado resort fairly dripped with wealthy tourists and members of the sporting fraternity from everywhere.
The Rocky Ford garden district in colorado began growing small melons.
I will give a stone from either Wisconsin, Illinois, or colorado for one from any other locality.
Harper's Young People, November 30, 1880 | VariousThe Red Rock cantilever bridge over the colorado river, with a centre span of 660 ft.
Mrs. Bassett kept lamenting to Professor Kelton her husband's protracted delay in colorado.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith Nicholson
British Dictionary definitions for Colorado
/ (ˌkɒləˈrɑːdəʊ) /
a state of the central US: consists of the Great Plains in the east and the Rockies in the west; drained chiefly by the Colorado, Arkansas, South Platte, and Rio Grande Rivers. Capital: Denver. Pop: 4 550 688 (2003 est). Area: 269 998 sq km (104 247 sq miles): Abbreviation: Colo., (with zip code) CO
a river in SW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing southwest to the Gulf of California: famous for the 1600 km (1000 miles) of canyons along its course. Length: about 2320 km (1440 miles)
a river in central Texas, flowing southeast to the Gulf of Mexico. Length: about 1450 km (900 miles)
a river in central Argentina, flowing southeast to the Atlantic. Length: about 850 km (530 miles)
Origin of Colorado
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Colorado
State in the west-central United States in the Rocky Mountains, bordered by Wyoming and Nebraska to the north, Nebraska and Kansas to the east, Oklahoma and New Mexico to the south, and Utah to the west. Its capital and largest city is Denver.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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