What is the origin of the word Colorado?

Answer 1

The Colorado River looked red so people called it Colorado which is Spanish for red.

Answer 2

The Spanish called the area the Rio Colorado based on the color of the sand and silt carried down by that river.

Answer 3

Many of the rocks in that State are red and colo rado is 'red colour' in some language, I forget which. Maybe Spanish.

Answer 4

from the Spanish meaning red colour which was applied to the Colorado River

Answer 5

Colorado was named after the Colorado River. The Spaniards named the river Río Colorado because of the red colored silt the river carried from the mountains.

Answer 6

Spanish for colored red.

Answer 7

spanish word for, "ruddy" or "red".