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Köln

Köln proper noun: synonym of Cologne, the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany.

Proper noun

Köln

  1. (rare) Synonym of Cologne, the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany.
    • Class A., for instance, comprised the English spies. They were to go to Köln.1915, E. St. Clair Storbart, “Within the Enemy's Lands”, in The Fortnighty, volume 103, page 680
    Synonyms:
    Cologne

Synonyms of Köln

Origin of Köln

Borrowed from German Köln. Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and colony.

Questions about Köln

What does Köln mean?
Köln means synonym of Cologne, the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany.
What part of speech is Köln?
Köln is a proper noun.

Words near Köln in the dictionary

  1. Köhler-Pellegrini-Stieda disease
  2. Köhlmeier-Degos disease
  3. Kök Türük
  4. Kökeqota
  5. Köktürk
  6. Köln
  7. kölsch
  8. kölsches
  9. kölschs
  10. Köndringen
  11. König's disease

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