It is Spanish for "reddish colored", "ruby" or "red"
Colorado-Colorado is actually a spanish name which in English translates to the color red.
Red Earth so named for soils that washed down the Rio Colorado by the Spanish.
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"Colorado" is a Spanish word meaning "colored."==> Actually, "colorado" means "red"; "teñido" means "colored."
Denver, Colorado
The Colorado river. Colorado means "Red" in Spanish. The name was originally applied to the Colorado River, whose waters are Reddish with canyon clay.
Colorado is the state whose name is derived from the Spanish word meaning colored.
It is more common to hear the masculine form "colorado". It means "red". Colorada would be seen as an adjective modifying a feminine subject. Example: "Esta es una falda colorada". The ohter word for red, "rojo/roja" is much more common.
Because of the Colorado river, which was named by the spanish, meaning 'red'. Also, because Colorado means color red.
In the spanish language the word Colorado refers to the color red.
Colorado is the Spanish word for red.
In Spanish,"colorado" is one word for the color "red".
Colorado is originally a Spanish word. So, that's how to spell it.
The Colorado River looked red so people called it Colorado which is Spanish for red.