Denver

American  

[den-ver] / ˈdɛn vər /

noun

1. John Henry Deutschendorf, 1943–97, U.S. country singer.

2. a city in and the capital of Colorado, in the central part.

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Denver British  

/ ˈdɛnvə /

noun

1. a city in central Colorado: the state capital. Pop: 557 478 (2003 est)

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Denver Cultural  

1. Capital of Colorado and the largest city in the state.

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Known as the “Mile-High City” because of its location at an altitude of 5,280 feet.

Example Sentences

One activity was to teach them John Denver’s song “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” but with the lyrics adapted to “‘Living on a Jet Plane,’” as Ms. Nichter recounts, “to reflect our situation.”

From The Wall Street Journal

They were found in Colorado’s Denver Basin at the Corral Bluffs study area.

From Science Daily

Witness Mary Gabriel’s immensely popular book “Ninth Street Women,” and the Denver Art Museum’s pioneering but problematic 2016 exhibition “Women of Abstract Expressionism.”

From The Wall Street Journal

They strengthened their grip on first place in the East over the Boston Celtics, who fell 103-84 to the Nuggets in Denver.

From Barron's

He drove five hours to catch the movie opening day in Denver in IMAX.

From The Wall Street Journal