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| 1. | John (Henry Deutschendorf ), 1943–97, U.S. country singer. |
| 2. | a city in and the capital of Colorado, in the central part. 491,396. |
[kol-uh-rad-oh, -rah-doh; for 4 also Sp. kaw-law-rah-thaw] | 1. | a state in the W United States. 2,888,834; 104,247 sq. mi. (270,000 sq. km). Capital: Denver. Abbreviation: CO (for use with zip code), Col., Colo. |
| 2. | a river flowing SW from N Colorado through Utah and Arizona into the Gulf of California: Grand Canyon; Boulder Dam. 1450 mi. (2335 km) long. |
| 3. | a river flowing SE from W Texas to the Gulf of Mexico. 840 mi. (1350 km) long. |
| 4. | Rí⋅o [ree-oh; Sp. ree-aw] , a river in central Argentina, flowing SE from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean. 530 mi. (853 km) long. |
| Den·ver (děn'vər) The capital and largest city of Colorado, in the north-central part of the state on the South Platte River. It was settled by gold prospectors in 1858 and became territorial capital in 1867. Population: 567,000. |
State in the west-central United States in the Rocky Mountains, bordered by Wyoming and Nebraska to the north, Nebraska and Kansas to the east, Oklahoma and New Mexico to the south, and Utah to the west. Its capital and largest city is Denver.
Capital of Colorado and the largest city in the state.
Note: Known as the “Mile-High City” because of its location at an altitude of 5,280 feet.