Colorado
    n 1: a state in west central United States in the Rocky
         Mountains [syn: Colorado, Centennial State, CO]
    2: a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
       [syn: Colorado, Colorado River]
    3: an important river in the southwestern United States; rises
       in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows
       southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through
       the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip
       of Nevada, then forming the border between California and
       Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the
       Gulf of California; the main source of water in the
       southwestern United States [syn: Colorado, Colorado
       River]

Colorado \Col`o*ra"do\, a. [Sp., red.]
   1. Reddish; -- often used in proper names of rivers or
      creeks. [Southwestern U. S.]
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. Medium in color and strength; -- said of cigars. [Cant]
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Colorado -- U.S. County in Texas
   Population (2000):    20390
   Housing Units (2000): 9431
   Land area (2000):     962.950253 sq. miles (2494.029601 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    10.644025 sq. miles (27.567896 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    973.594278 sq. miles (2521.597497 sq. km)
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             29.639363 N, 96.540482 W
   Headwords:
    Colorado
    Colorado, TX
    Colorado County
    Colorado County, TX