Colorado is the Spanish word for red.
When the Spanish came to the US, they named colorado "color red", which later developed into 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.
The Colorado River looked red so people called it Colorado which is Spanish for red.
it got its name in Spanish, "colored red"
Fransico de Cornado
It is Spanish for "reddish colored", "ruby" or "red"
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.
Pueblo, Colorado. Pueblo is Spanish for "people" or "town".
No, it is derived from the Spanish Language.
Colorado
The Colorado River looked red so people called it Colorado which is Spanish for red.