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From Latin Colonia Agrippina, Agrippine Colony, a settlement founded by Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; from Latin colonus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwel. |
From Latin Colonia Agrippina, Agrippine Colony, a settlement founded by Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; from Latin colonus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwel. |
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Cologne's [[ |
Cologne's [[Airport Codes/C|airport code]] is CGN. |
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Cologne is also home to [[Evoke]], the [[Soma Festival]], [[Summerjam]] and [[Open Chaos]] |
Cologne is also home to [[Evoke]], the [[Soma Festival]], [[Summerjam]] and [[Open Chaos]] |
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[[Image:Cologne at night 180905.jpg|thumb|right|Cologne at night]] |
[[Image:Cologne at night 180905.jpg|thumb|right|Cologne at night, 18.Sept 2005]] |
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We also have a gallery of [[streetart]] in Cologne. |
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* http://www.koeln.de/ |
* http://www.koeln.de/ |
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne |
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne |
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=== Usage as a name for perfume / 4711 === |
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For the usage as ''perfume'' see: |
For the usage as ''perfume'' see: |
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A city in northwestern Germany on the Rhine River
From Latin Colonia Agrippina, Agrippine Colony, a settlement founded by Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; from Latin colonus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwel.
Cologne's airport code is CGN.
Cologne is also home to Evoke, the Soma Festival, Summerjam and Open Chaos
We also have a gallery of streetart in Cologne.
Links
Usage as a name for perfume / 4711
For the usage as perfume see:
Eau de Cologne (French for "water of Cologne", Kölnisch Wasser in German) is a type of light perfume that originated in Cologne, Germany and is defined by its typical concentration of about 2-3% essential oils. Today only used by old ladies and Japanese tourists as souvenir from Cologne ;-)