[syn: Colorado, Colorado River]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Colorado \Col`o*ra"do\, a. [Sp., red.]
1. Reddish; -- often used in proper names of rivers or
creeks. [Southwestern U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Medium in color and strength; -- said of cigars. [Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Colorado
n 1: a state in west central United States in the Rocky
Mountains [syn: Colorado, Centennial State, CO]
2: a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
[syn: Colorado, Colorado River]
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 [syn: Colorado, Colorado
River]
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Colorado -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 20390
Housing Units (2000): 9431
Land area (2000): 962.950253 sq. miles (2494.029601 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 10.644025 sq. miles (27.567896 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 973.594278 sq. miles (2521.597497 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 29.639363 N, 96.540482 W
Headwords:
Colorado
Colorado, TX
Colorado County
Colorado County, TX