Colorado
[,kʌlə'rɑ:dəu]
Definition
(noun.) a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains.
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico.
Typist: Trevor--From WordNet
Examples
- This was distributed widely over the country, the greatest producers, after Pennsylvania, being Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio, Alabama and Colorado. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I never met General Jackson before the war, nor during it, but have met him since at his very comfortable summer home at Manitou Springs, Colorado. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Some of these cliff dwellings may still be seen in the valleys of the Rio Grande and the Rio Colorado and its tributaries. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At the point where the army struck the Little Colorado River, the stream was quite wide and of sufficient depth for navigation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Other sections of the United States have of late years proved prolific sources of gold, especially Colorado, which now surpasses California in yield, and Alaska, which equals it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Johnson was accordingly given three months' leave from Colorado railroad-building, and has never seen Colorado since. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In this manner the artillery and transportation of the army of occupation crossed the Colorado River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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