Denver

English

Etymology

Named after James W. Denver. The surname Denver ultimately derives from Old English Dene-fær ("crossing or passing of the Danes"), from Dene + fær; or alternatively from den-ōfer ("valley-bank"), from denu + ofer.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛnvɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Denver

1. The capital and largest city of Colorado.
   • 1958 May 15, “Mrs. Eisenhower Leaves Denver”, in The Deseret News:

     Mrs. Eisenhower said she was not disappointed at the rainy weather in Denver during her visit, and said, in fact, she hoped to return to the Mile High City soon.

   • 1999, World Architecture, volumes 73-75, page 121:

     Bespoke elevators and autowalks installed by Montgomery Kone at Denver International Airport

2. A town in Bremer County, Iowa.
3. A town in Miami County, Indiana.
4. A village in Worth County, Missouri.
5. A borough of Pennsylvania.
6. A community of Nova Scotia.
7. A town in Victoria, Australia.
8. A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6101).
9. An English surname from Old English.
10. A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.

Synonyms

• Mile High City (informal)

Derived terms

• City and County of Denver
• Denver sandwich
• Denverite
• New Denver

Translations

capital of Colorado

• Akan: Denwer
• Arapaho: Niineniiniicie
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 丹たん佛ふつ (daan¹ fat⁶)

  Mandarin: 丹たん佛ふつ (zh) (Dānfú)

• Danish: Denver
• Esperanto: Denvero
• German: Denver (de)
• Greek: Ντένβερ (el) (Nténver)
• Hebrew: דנוור (Denver)
• Irish: Deinbhear
• Italian: Denver (it) f
• Japanese: デンバー (Denbā)
• Korean: 덴버 (denbeo)
• Latin: Denverium n
• Navajo: Kʼįįshzhíníńlį́
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Denver

  Nynorsk: Denver

• Russian: Де́нвер (ru) m (Dénver)
• Thai: เดนเวอร์ (den-wə̂ə)

Anagrams

• Verden, nerved, revend, vender

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English Denver.

Proper noun

Denver

1. a female given name from English
2. Denver (the capital and largest city of Colorado, United States)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdenver]

Proper noun

Denver m inan (genitive singular Denveru, declension pattern of stroj)

1. Denver (the capital and largest city of Colorado, United States)

References

• “Denver”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024