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The [[United States Air Force Academy]] is located in [[Colorado Springs]], Colorado.
The [[United States Air Force Academy]] is located in [[Colorado Springs]], Colorado.
The state is named after the Colorado River. This, in turn, was so named in 1776 by a Jesuit, Francisco Garcia, for its muddy or red waters (''colorado'' being the Spanish for 'red').<ref>Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (Oxford 2005) p 116</ref>
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