Denver

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.

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

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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 in 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.

• Mile High City (informal)

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

• Verden, nerved, revend, vender

Borrowed from English Denver.

Denver

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈdenver]

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

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

• “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, 2003–2025