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Colma

US/ˈkoʊlmə/

Colma proper noun: an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States, notable for its cemeteries.

Proper noun

Colma

  1. An incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States, notable for its cemeteries.

Origin of Colma

Unknown. Likely from a corruption of Coleman, Colima, or a literary reference. See Colma, California#Etymology for more.

Questions about Colma

What does Colma mean?
Colma means an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States, notable for its cemeteries.
What part of speech is Colma?
Colma is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Colma?
Colma is pronounced /ˈkoʊlmə/ (US).

Words near Colma in the dictionary

  1. Collyweston slate
  2. Collyweston slates
  3. collywobbled
  4. collywobbles
  5. Colm
  6. Colma
  7. colmado
  8. Colman
  9. Colmar
  10. colmascope
  11. colmascopes

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