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

After Francis’ trail-blazing recording, John Denver and Ella Fitzgerald performed waltz versions of “Who’s Sorry Now?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The Lakers were aware that they were playing simultaneously as the Denver Nuggets, the team they were chasing for the third seed in the West.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

They drive close to 1,000 miles through the Mojave Desert and over the Rocky Mountains to Denver.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

At the University of Denver, where I teach, five years of attendance is valued at over $435,000.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Growing up in the mid-1950s and early 1960s in Denver, I had litde sense of class differences.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times