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Definition of colorado in English English dictionary: A state of the United States of America. Capital and largest city: Denver; {i} state in the western United States; A river of central Argentina rising in the Andes and flowing about 853 km (530 mi) southeast to the Atlantic Ocean. CO a state in the western US, mostly in and around the Rocky Mountains. Its capital city is Denver. Colorado is a popular place for both winter and summer holidays. State (pop., 2000: 4,301,261), west-central U.S. Bordered by Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Utah, it covers 104,100 sq mi (269,619 sq km); its capital is Denver. Lying astride the Rocky Mountains, the state has three physiographic regions: the plains, a semiarid segment of eastern Colorado; the Colorado Piedmont in the central part of the state, where most of the population lives; and the southern Rocky Mountains and mesas of western Colorado. Its large urban population has grown faster than the national average. Its original inhabitants were Plains and Great Basin Indians, including the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute. The area was claimed by Spain in 1706 but later passed in large part to France. Eastern Colorado was part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803; the remainder stayed in Spanish and, after independence, Mexican hands until 1848. Gold was discovered in 1859 and touched off a population boom. Organized as the territory of Colorado in 1861, it achieved U.S. statehood in 1876. Agriculture, cattle production, and mining, as well as manufacturing, are important to the economy. Government military installations and service industries have become prominent, and tourism is a major source of the state's income (see Aspen; Boulder; Vail). Group of Indian people of Ecuador's Pacific coast. In the tropical lowlands where the Colorado traditionally have lived, they and the neighbouring Cayapas are the last remaining aboriginal groups. The Colorado (Spanish: "red"), so named because of their use of red pigment to decorate their faces and bodies, have been fishermen, hunters, and shifting cultivators; some, however, have taken up work on plantations, and others have migrated to work in the city. Colorado National Monument Colorado potato beetle Colorado River Colorado Springs; A Capital: Denver; Reddish; often used in proper names of rivers or creeks; Central Service Office of Southern Colorado - 4035-A Club Manor Drive, Pueblo, CO - 81008; Wrappers that are a light brown in color, some with shades of red; a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains a river in 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 forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; an important source of water in the southwestern United States a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico; a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains; Medium in color and strength; said of cigars; a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico; a river in 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 forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; an important source of water in the southwestern United States; – a medium brown to brownish red tobacco used as a wrapper; Colo
Colorado beetle: A beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, formerly Doryphora decemlineata, with black and yellow stripes, that is a serious pest of potatoes
Colorado beetles: plural form of Colorado beetle
Colorado Desert: An arid region of southeast California west of the Colorado River
Colorado National Monument: National park, western Colorado, U.S. Established in 1911, the 32-sq-mi (83-sq-km) park is known for its colourful, wind-eroded sandstone formations, towering monoliths, and steep-walled canyons. Petrified logs and dinosaur fossils have been found in the area. Rim Rock Drive skirts the canyon walls, which rise more than 6,500 ft (2,000 m)
Colorado River: the Colorado River a long river in the western US which flows through the Grand Canyon, several US states, and into Mexico. River, south-central Argentina. Its major headstreams, the Grande and Barrancas rivers, flow southward from the Andes Mountains and meet to form the Colorado near the Chilean border. It flows southeastward across northern Patagonia and the southern Pampas. Its lower course splits into two arms that flow into the Atlantic Ocean south of Bahía Blanca. Its total length is about 530 mi (850 km). River, western Texas, U.S. It flows southeast 862 mi (1,387 km) through prairie, hill, and canyon country past Austin and across the coastal plain to enter Matagorda Bay. The river, the largest entirely within Texas, is the site of flood-control, power, irrigation, and recreational projects. River, North America. Rising in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, U.S., it flows west and south 1,450 mi (2,330 km) to empty into the Gulf of California in northwestern Mexico. It drains a vast sector of the North American continent, about 246,000 sq mi (637,000 sq km). No other river in the world has cut so many deep trenches, of which the Grand Canyon is the largest and most spectacular. It is important for hydroelectric power and irrigation; more than 20 dams, including Hoover Dam, have been built on the Colorado River and its tributaries
Colorado Springs: city in the state of Colorado (USA)
Colorado Springs: A city of central Colorado at the foot of Pikes Peak south of Denver. It is a popular tourist center near the site of the U.S. Air Force Academy (established here in 1958). Population: 281,140. City (pop., 2000: 360,890), central Colorado, U.S. Standing on a mesa near the eastern base of Pikes Peak, it was founded in 1871 as Fountain Colony and later renamed for a nearby mineral springs. Growth followed the Cripple Creek gold strikes in the 1890s. Military installations gave further impetus to development: it is home to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the U.S. Space Command, headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base (established 1942); Fort Carson (1942); and the U.S. Air Force Academy (1954). The Garden of the Gods, a natural park with red sandstone monoliths, is one of many scenic attractions
Colorado State University: large public university located in Fort Collins (Colorado, USA)
Colorado beetle: {i} Colorado potato beetle, small beetle that feeds on potato leaves
Colorado potato beetle: A small yellow-and-black striped beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) that is a major agricultural pest. or potato bug Leaf beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata, family Chrysomelidae) native to western North America. It began feeding on the leaves of cultivated potatoes when the plants were introduced into western North America, and by 1874 it had become an important and widespread pest. It has a hemispherical body, about 0.4 in. (10 mm) long, and is orange-red or yellow, with black stripes on the wing covers. Depending on climate, potato beetles may produce one to three generations each year
colorado beetle: A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes
colorado beetle: It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; called also potato beetle and potato bug
colorado beetle: See Potato beetle
colorado desert: an arid region of southeastern California
colorado group: A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region
colorado plateau: a large plateau 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 potato beetle: black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide
colorado river hemp: tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage
colorado springs: a city in east central Colorado on the eatern edge of the Rocky Mountains; popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy
colorado spruce: tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward
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Little Colorado River: A river of northeast Arizona flowing about 507 km (315 mi) northwest to the Colorado River just above the Grand Canyon
University of Colorado: large public university system with 4 main campuses throughout the state of Colorado (USA)