Cologne

• Collen, Cologn (obsolete)
• Köln (rare)

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.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈloʊn/

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  • Rhymes: -oʊn
• (Early Modern) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊlɛn/, /ˈkʊlɪn/^[1]

Cologne

1. The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.
2. A city and town in Minnesota, United States.

• Cologner

• El Congo

Inherited from Old French Cologne, Coloigne, from Latin colōnia (“colony”) in Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɔɲ/

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Cologne f

1. Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)

• eau de Cologne