Re: Cologne, Germany

"Richard Fangnail" <richardfangnail@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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How did Cologne get that name/spelling? It looks and sounds so much
like a French word.

It is. It's called that in French and English. The name comes from Latin Colonia Claudia Ara
Augusta Agrippinensis. It's still called Colonia in Italian and Spanish.

The Germans call it Köln.

Alan

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Alan Crozier
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