Cologne
The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine RiverThe largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.
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Meaning
2 sensesThe largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.
Köln
КёльнKjolʹn
КельнKelʹn
A city and town in Minnesota, United States.
Examples
26 sentencesWas Tom wearing cologne?
What's your favorite cologne?
ruКакой ваш любимый одеколон? — odexed
She could smell his cheap cologne.
I like the cologne you're wearing.
The writer whose name I always forget was born in Cologne.
Письменник, чиє ім'я я весь час забуваю, народився в Кельні. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English Coloyne, from Old French Cologne, from Latin Colōnia Agrippīna (“AgripFrom 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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