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Definition 2024
Colombia
Colombia
English
Proper noun
Colombia
- Country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia.
Derived terms
Translations
country in South America
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See also
- (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of South America)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Colombia
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Colombia
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Spanish
Etymology
Named after the explorer Christopher Columbus in 1819, from Francisco de Miranda's use of the term to designate Spanish America in the 1790s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ koˈlom.bja ]
Proper noun
Colombia f
Derived terms
- colombiano adj
- colombianidad
- colombianismo
- colombianista