COLORADO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Colorado mean? 

• COLORADO (noun)
  The noun COLORADO has 3 senses:

1. a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains

2. a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico

3. an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States

  Familiarity information: COLORADO used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLORADO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Centennial State; CO; Colo.; Colorado

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "Colorado"):

Rocky Mountain National Park (a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests)

South Platte; South Platte River (a tributary of the Platte River)

Mount Sherman; Sherman (a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high))

San Juan Mountains (a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains)

Republican; Republican River (a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas)

Pike's Peak (a mountain peak in the Rockies in central Colorado (14,109 feet high))

North Platte; North Platte River (a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River)

Colorado Plateau (a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner)

Colorado; Colorado River (an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States)

Arkansas; Arkansas River (a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River)

Pueblo (a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs)

capital of Colorado; Denver; Mile-High City (the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river)

Colorado Springs (a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains; popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy)

Boulder (a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town)

Mesa Verde National Park (a national park in Colorado containing prehistoric cliff dwellings; semiarid landscape)

Holonyms ("Colorado" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Colorado; Colorado River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Colorado" is a part of...):

Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Colorado; Colorado River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Colorado" is a part of...):

Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)

Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon)

Centennial State; CO; Colo.; Colorado (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)

Battle Born State; Nev.; Nevada; NV; Sagebrush State; Silver State (a state in the western United States)

Beehive State; Mormon State; UT; Ut.; Utah (a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young)

 Context examples 

Johnson is at Iowa State University; Wing is at the University of Colorado Boulder.

(Scientists determine early Earth was a ‘water world’ by studying exposed ocean crust, National Science Foundation)

The CubeSat mission, called the Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment (CSSWE), housed a small telescope to measure the flux of solar energetic protons and Earth's radiation belt electrons.

(Six-decade-old space mystery solved with shoebox-sized satellite called a CubeSat, National Science Foundation)

"Real San Juan Colorado," he said.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

New research by University of Colorado Boulder professor Stephen Mojzsis outlines a likely cause for these mysterious features of Mars: a colossal impact with a large asteroid early in the planet's history.

(Ancient Asteroid Impact Explains Martian Geological Mysteries, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Colorado tick fever viruses are found in adult wood ticks, humans and mammals, and cause Colorado tick fever in humans.

(Colorado Tick Fever Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

The area in the United States comprised of the following states: Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona.

(Mountain States, NCI Thesaurus)

A test developed at the University of Colorado Medical Center to assess the developmental status of infants and children from birth to six years of age.

(Denver Development Screening Test, NCI Thesaurus)

Any viral organism that can be assigned to the species Colorado tick fever virus.

(Colorado Tick Fever Virus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Fast forward 500 years, and a team of astronomers led by John Bally (University of Colorado, USA) has used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to peer into the heart of this cloud.

(ALMA Captures Dramatic Stellar Fireworks, ESO)

Fast forward 500 years, and a team of astronomers led by John Bally (University of Colorado, USA) has used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to peer into the heart of this cloud.

(Dramatic Stellar Fireworks of Star Birth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)