Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
köken: From Middle High German Cölne, syncope of Cölene, from Old High German Colona, from Latin Colōnia (Agrippīna) (“Agrippine Colony”), short for Colōnia Claudia Āra Agrippīnēnsium, the official name of the original Roman settlement. A Middle High German byform was Cölen (with early apocope instead of syncope). To this form corresponds Dutch Keulen, while local Ripuarian Kölle can continue either…
Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
eş: belle du Rhin
köken: Inherited from Old French Cologne, Coloigne, from Latin colōnia (“colony”) in Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero.
köken: From Arabic مُسْتَمْلَكَة (mustamlaka), from the passive participle of اِسْتَمْلَكَ (istamlaka, “to appropriate; to dominate; to own; to master”).