Cologne

Meaning

Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

Concepts

Cologne

Koln

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔ.lɔɲ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Cologne, Coloigne, from Latin colōnia (“colony”) in Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero.

Sentences

Cette rivière est toujours la limite des archevêchés de Coblence et de Cologne .

This river is still the boundary of the archdioceses of Koblenz and Cologne.