Cologne
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English
Proper noun
Cologne
Etymology
From Latin Colonia Agrippina, Agrippine Colony, a settlement founded by Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; from Latin colonus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwel.
Translations
- Dutch: Keulen n
- French: Cologne
- German: Köln n
- Hungarian: Köln
- Italian: Colonia f
- Latin: Colonia Agrippina f
- Polish: Kolonia f
- Romanica: Colonia f
- Spanish: Colonía f
See also
- Wikipedia article on Cologne
- eau de Cologne, Kölnisch Wasser
Noun
cologne; plural colognes
- Type of scented or perfumed water named after the city of Cologne. Also called eau de Cologne or Kölnisch Wasser.