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English word origin

Etymology of Köln

Borrowed from German Köln. Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and colony.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

Synonym of Cologne, the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany.

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Borrowed from German Köln. Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and colony.

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