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Den⋅ver

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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.
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

Denver 
a place in Norfolk, "ford or passage used by the Danes," from O.E. Dena (gen. pl.) + fær. The Denver boot or shoe as the name for a wheel clamp for illegally parked vehicles, supposedly was invented 1953 by Frank Marugg, pattern-maker and violinist with the Denver (U.S.A.) Symphony Orchestra. He was a friend of politicians and police department officials, and the city sheriff's department came to him for help in making a device to immobilize vehicles whose owners didn’t pay parking tickets.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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