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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Cologne
 
SYLLABICATION:Co·logne
PRONUNCIATION:  k-ln
VARIANT FORMS: also Köln kœln)
A city of western Germany on the Rhine River north of Bonn. It was a Roman settlement called Colonia Agrippina after a.d. 50 and passed under Frankish control in the 5th century. During the 15th century it flourished as a member of the Hanseatic League. Population: 962,517.
 
 
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