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Denver

American  
[den-ver] / ˈdɛn vər /

noun

  1. John Henry Deutschendorf, 1943–97, U.S. country singer.

  2. a city in and the capital of Colorado, in the central part.


Denver British  
/ ˈdɛnvə /

noun

  1. a city in central Colorado: the state capital. Pop: 557 478 (2003 est)

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Denver Cultural  
  1. Capital of Colorado and the largest city in the state.


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Known as the “Mile-High City” because of its location at an altitude of 5,280 feet.

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Witness Mary Gabriel’s immensely popular book “Ninth Street Women,” and the Denver Art Museum’s pioneering but problematic 2016 exhibition “Women of Abstract Expressionism.”

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They strengthened their grip on first place in the East over the Boston Celtics, who fell 103-84 to the Nuggets in Denver.

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He drove five hours to catch the movie opening day in Denver in IMAX.

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Tampa, Denver, Phoenix, Dallas and Miami posted the steepest declines.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, oversees the telescope and mission operations, with additional support from Lockheed Martin Space in Denver.

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