Cologne

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  1. The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.
    — Roads on either side of the river Rhine will be closed as authorities seal off the large evacuation zone. The Unesco World Heritage Cologne Cathedral sits just outside the area.
  2. A city and town in Minnesota, United States.

词形变化

Collen alternative,obsolete Cologn alternative,obsolete Köln alternative,rare

词源

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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