Definition of "Colorado"

Colorado

/kɑləˈɹɑdoʊ/

proper noun
1. A major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico.
2. A state in the western United States, the 38th state. Capital and largest city: Denver.
  Quotations
  The mountains of Colorado were, till a comparatively recent date, richly clothed with forest; but owing partly to natural causes, and still more to the lavish consumption and reckless destruction of the early settlers, the quantity of growing timber in the State is exceedingly small, and before long, if restorative measures are not adopted, the Colorado demand for wood will require to be supplied from without. Whole mountain sides often present the appearance of monstrous cheavaux-de-frise, the dead trunks of the wind-thrown pines being tossed about in all directions.
  1878, "Colorado", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. VI, p. 162
3. A river in Texas in the United States, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
4. A river in southern Argentina, running from the Andes into the Atlantic.
5. Several settlements in the Americas.
  1. A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
  2. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
  3. A village in the Dominican Republic.
  4. An unincorporated community in Texas, United States.
6. (historical) The Territory of Colorado, a former territory of the United States.
7. (historical) A ghost town in California, United States.