Because of the Colorado river, which was named by the spanish, meaning 'red'. Also, because Colorado means color red.
The Colorado River looked red so people called it Colorado which is Spanish for red.
The Colorado River looked red so people called it Colorado which is Spanish for red.
Colorado is Spanish for 'Red' or 'Reddish'. It is named after the Colorado River.
It was named after the Colorado River, early Spanish explorers named the Rio Colorado for the red colored(Spanish:Colorado)silt the river carried from the mountains.
The Colorado River looked red so people called it Colorado which is Spanish for red.
The Colorado River (Rio Colorado or Red River) runs southwest from Colorado through Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California into Mexico's Baja California, where it forms a mostly arid delta on the Gulf of California.
Colorado, which is named after the Colorado River or Rio Colorado-Spanish for "Red River".(The more common word for red in modern Spanish is rojo, and colorado literally means simply "colored", but for some reason colorado has been used since around 1300 to refer to something specifically colored red.)
Colorado means colored red named by a spanish explorer by the red highlights of the Colorado River.
Colorado, which is named after the Colorado River or Rio Colorado-Spanish for "Red River".(The more common word for red in modern Spanish is rojo, and colorado literally means simply "colored", but for some reason colorado has been used since around 1300 to refer to something specifically colored red.)
Brazos River, San Antonio River, Colorado River, and the Red River.
The Colorado river. Colorado means "Red" in Spanish. The name was originally applied to the Colorado River, whose waters are Reddish with canyon clay.