Cologne

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.
2. A city and town in Minnesota, United States.

Sinonieme

Koln

Koeln

Vertalings

Cologne

Keulen

Colonia

Colonia

Köln

Colonia Agrippina

كولونيا

Colònia

Colônia

Κολωνία

Köln

Colónia

Köln

CCAA

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kəˈloʊn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: Coloyne

In summary

From Middle English Coloyne, from Old French Cologne, from Latin Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; colōnia (“colony”) comes from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from verb colo, colere (“till, cultivate, worship”). Doublet of Colonia, colony, and Köln, from German.