Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

is a state located in the southwestern United States. Colorado may also refer to:

Geography

Rivers

Colorado River The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. s ...

in the western United States and Mexico that passes through the Grand Canyon * Colorado River (Texas) in Texas in the United States *

Colorado River (Argentina) The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado, ) is a river in the south of Argentina. The Colorado River marks most of the political boundary between the Argentine provinces of Neuquén and Mendoza, and between Rio Negro and La Pampa. Its man-m ...

Towns/cities

* Colorado, Mitchells Plain, City of Cape Town, South Africa *

Colorado, Paraná Colorado, Paraná is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Paraná (state), Paraná in the Southern Region, Brazil, Southern Region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Paraná References

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, Brazil *

Colorado, Rio Grande do Sul Colorado is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazi ...

, Brazil * Colorado, Texas, US *

Colorado City, Colorado Colorado City is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office in and governed by Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Colorado City post office has the ZIP Code 8101 ...

, US *

Colorado City, Texas Colorado City ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Mitchell County, Texas, United States. Its population was 3,991 at the 2020 census. History Colorado City originated as a ranger camp in 1877. It grew into a cattlemen's center and has ...

, US * Colorado Springs, Colorado, US * Alto Colorado, Pichilemu, Chile

Other places

* The

University of Colorado at Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado s ...

, a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado *

Colorado County, Texas Colorado County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,557. Its county seat is Columbus. It is named for the Colorado River of Texas. The county was founded in 1836 and organized the next y ...

Colorado Desert California's Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert. It encompasses approximately , including the heavily irrigated Coachella and Imperial valleys. It is home to many unique flora and fauna. Geography and geology The Colorado De ...

in California *

Colorado Plateau The Colorado Plateau, also known as the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. This province covers an area ...

, physiographic region in Western United States *

Colorados Archipelago The Colorados Archipelago ( es, Archipiélago de los Colorados, also called ''Archipiélago de Santa Isabel'' and ''Archipiélago de Guaniguanico'') is a chain of isles and cays on Cuba's north-western coast. The sea surrounding the islands is u ...

, chain of isles and cays on Cuba's north-western coast *

Colorado Group Colorado is a geologic name applied to certain rocks of Cretaceous age in the North America, particularly in the western Great Plains. This name was originally applied to classify a group of specific marine formations of shale and chalk kno ...

, a geologic classification in the Great Plains of North America *

Los Colorados Formation The Los Colorados Formation is a sedimentary rock formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin, found in the provinces of San Juan and La Rioja in Argentina. The formation dates back to the Norian age of the Late Triassic. The up to thick f ...

, near La Rioja, Argentina * The French Colorado, near Rustrel in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Sports

Colorado Buffaloes The Colorado Buffaloes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Colorado. The university sponsors 17 varsity sports teams. Both the men's and women's teams are called the Buffaloes (Buffs for short) or, rarely, the Golden Buffaloes ...

, sports teams from the University of Colorado *

Sports in Colorado Sports in Colorado includes professional teams, college sports, and individual sports from the Denver Metropolitan Area and other cities. Professional sports teams Colorado is the least populous state with a franchise in each of the major ...

, any sports team from Colorado *

Colorado (horse) Colorado (1923–1929) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He won the 2000 Guineas in 1926 and the Eclipse Stakes in 1927. He was also noted for his rivalry with the Derby winner Coronach whom he defeated on three of their four meetin ...

(1923–1929), British Thoroughbred racehorse * A nickname for

Sport Club Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonat ...

, a Brazilian football team

Transportation

Chevrolet Colorado The Chevrolet Colorado, and its counterpart, the GMC Canyon, are series of compact and later mid-sized pickup trucks marketed by American automaker General Motors. They were introduced in 2004 to replace the Chevrolet S-10 and GMC S-15/Sonoma ...

and Holden Colorado, pickup trucks manufactured by GM * The USS ''Colorado'', a number of ships built by the United States * Colorado station, a side platformed RTD light rail station in Denver, Colorado, United States * 40th & Colorado station, a side platformed RTD commuter rail station in Denver, Colorado, United States

Arts and entertainment

* ''Colorado'' (1921 film), a silent western film directed by B. Reeves Eason * ''Colorado'' (1940 film), an American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers *

Colorado (game) Colorado is a solitaire card game which is played using two decks of playing cards. It is a game of card building which belongs to the same family as games like Sir Tommy, Strategy (solitaire), Strategy, and Calculation (solitaire), Calculation. ...

, a solitaire card game

Music

Los Colorados ''Los Colorados'' (from the Spanish language, Spanish: ''The colorado potato beetles'', also known as ''The Colorados'') is a Ukraine, Ukrainian band formed in 2006 in Ternopil. The band plays their own songs, but have also covered several popula ...

, a Ukrainian polka band * ''Colorado'' (Kabát album), 1994 * ''Colorado'' (Neil Young album), 2019 * "Colorado" (Mikolas Josef song), 2019 * "Colorado" (Sandra Reemer song), 1979 * "Colorado", a 2021 song by

Milky Chance Milky Chance is a German rock band originating in Kassel. It consists of vocalist and guitarist Clemens Rehbein, bassist and percussionist Philipp Dausch, and their band members, Antonio Greger and Sebastian Schmidt. Their first single, " Stole ...

Other uses

Colorado Group Limited Colorado Group Limited was an Australian public company that operates a number of retail clothing chains. Major brands include Colorado Adventurewear, Mathers, Williams the Shoemen, JAG, Diana Ferrari, and Pairs. The company is based in Brisbane ...

, an Australian clothing chain * The

Colorado language Tsafiki, also known as Tsachila or Colorado, is a Barbacoan language spoken in Ecuador by c. 2000 ethnic Tsáchila people. Phonology Consonants * /b, d/ are preglottalized �b, ˀdwhen occurring intervocalically. * /k/ can become voiced ...

, spoken in Ecuador *

Colorado Party (Paraguay) The National Republican Association – Colorado Party ( Spanish: ''Asociación Nacional Republicana – Partido Colorado'', ANR-PC) is a right-wing political party in Paraguay, founded on 11 September 1887, by Bernardino Caballero. The par ...

, a political party in Paraguay *

Colorado Party (Uruguay) The Colorado Party ( es, Partido Colorado, lit=Red Party) is a liberal political party in Uruguay. Ideology The party seeks to unite moderate and liberal groups, although its members have had a diverse set of ideologies since its foundat ...

, a political party in Uruguay * Colorado Trading & Clothing, a US clothing chain based in Denver, Colorado *

Bolivian Colorados Regiment The 1st Regiment of Foot Infantry "Bolivian Colorados" National Presidential Escort Regiment (Regimiento 1ro. de Infanteria "Colorados de Bolivia") of the Bolivian Army, formerly the 39th Line Infantry Battalion "Colorados" is one of the Army's ol ...

, commonly known as "''Los Colorados de Bolivia''", a prestigious infantry regiment of the Bolivian Army * Colorados (''kolorady''), a negative term for Russian extreme patriots and militants, after the resemblance of the Colorado potato beetle's coloration to the

Ribbon of Saint George The ribbon of Saint George (also known as Saint George's ribbon, the Georgian ribbon; russian: Георгиевская ленточка, Georgiyevskaya lentochka; and the Guards ribbon in Soviet context: see Terminology for further information) ...