Cologne

Cologne

Senso (Inglese)

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

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Koln

Koeln

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/kəˈloʊn/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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.

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