Colonia Agrippina

Latin

Etymology

Shortened form of the full name Colōnia Claudia Āra Agrippīnēnsium.

Proper noun

Colōnia Agrippīna f (genitive Colōniae Agrippīnae)

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

Related terms

Descendants

English: Cologne
French: Cologne
German: Köln
Greek: Κολωνία (Kolonía)
Russian: Кёльн (Kjolʹn)
Spanish: Colonia

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