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noun

(1) A perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol

(2) A commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League

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From Cologne, from Colonia Agrippina, ‘Agrippine Colony’, a settlement founded by Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero. Latin colonia ‘colony’ comes from colonus ‘farmer’, from colere ‘to cultivate’, ultimately from .