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Colombia

name
/kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/UK/kəˈlʊm.bi.ə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Colombia, from Italian Colombo (“Cristoforo Colombo”); named after Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506). Equivalent to Colombo + -ia; piecewise doublet of Columbia.

  1. derived from Colombo — “Cristoforo Colombo”
  2. borrowed from Colombia

Definitions

  1. A country in South America. Official name

    A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Colombia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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