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Colorado (United States)

Colorado

Colorado (kolurăd'u, –răd'ō, –rä'dō) [key], state, W central United States, one of the Rocky Mt. states. It is bordered by Wyoming (N), Nebraska (N, E), Kansas (E), Oklahoma and New Mexico (S), and Utah (W).

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