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Colombia.

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/Received-Pronunciation, US/kəˈlʊm.bi.ə/Northern-England/kəˈlʌm.be.ə/Scotland/koˈlom.bjɐ/Philippines
  1. A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Colombia, from Italian Colombo (“Cristoforo Colombo”); named after Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506). Equivalent to Colombo + -ia; piecewise doublet of Columbia.

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