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proper nounfirst declension

Colōnia Agrippīna

Colōnia Agrippīna f sg (genitive Colōniae Agrippīnae)

Meaning

  1. Cologne, Agrippine Colony; city on the Rhine River in Germany, founded by Agrippina, the mother of the Roman emperor Nero.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeColōnia Agrippīna—
genitiveColōniae Agrippīnae—
dativeColōniae Agrippīnae—
accusativeColōniam Agrippīnam—
ablativeColōniā Agrippīnā—
vocativeColōnia Agrippīna—
locativeColōniae Agrippīnae—

Origins

Shortened form of the full name Colōnia Claudia Āra Agrippīnēnsium.

Descendants
  • FrenchColognefrom Old French Coloigne
  • EnglishColognefrom Old French Coloigne
  • CatalanColònia
  • GermanKölnfrom Old High German Colona
  • SpanishColonia
  • WelshCwlenfrom Old French Coloigne
  • Middle WelshCwlwynfrom Old French Coloigne
  • Old FrisianAgrip
  • GreekΚολωνία
  • DutchKeulenfrom Old Dutch *Colona

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyColonia AgrippinaColonia Agrippina or AGRIPPINENSIS, or simply AGRIPPINA (Cologne, as the French and English call it; Cöln, and Köln, as the Germans call it), a town o…

Quick answers

What does Colōnia Agrippīna mean in Latin?
Colōnia Agrippīna, a proper noun, means “Cologne, Agrippine Colony; city on the Rhine River in Germany, founded by Agrippina, the mother of the Roman emperor Nero.”.
What is the genitive of Colōnia Agrippīna?
The genitive singular is Colōniae Agrippīnae. Colōnia Agrippīna is first declension.