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colombia

UK/kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/US/kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/
nounB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #5,999 of 15,258leans written

Colombia is the South American country famous for its coffee. Travel to Colombia, Colombian coffee, the coast of Colombia.

It is the only South American country with coastline on both the Pacific and the Caribbean, and it is among the most biodiverse places on earth — second only to Brazil in species counts despite being far smaller. It is named after Columbus. Note the spelling: Colombia the country has an o where Columbia and Columbus have a u.

Definitions of colombia

  1. 1nouncolombiaA country in northern South America.B1+

    “Colombia has about fifty-two million people.”

colombia is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Italian

    Colombo — Cristoforo Colombo

  2. Spanish

    Colombia

  3. English

    Colombia

  4. English, today

    colombia

Colombia Spanish Colombia, from Italian Colombo (“Cristoforo Colombo”); named after Christopher Columbus. Equivalent to Colombo + -ia; Columbia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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