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The name "Colombia" is derived from the last name of the Italian navigator Christopher Columbus (Italian: ''Cristoforo Colombo'', Spanish: ''Cristóbal Colón''). It was conceived as a reference to all of the New World. |
The name "Colombia" is derived from the last name of the Italian navigator Christopher Columbus (Italian: ''Cristoforo Colombo'', Spanish: ''Cristóbal Colón''). It was conceived as a reference to all of the New World. |
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During the [[Colombian War of Independence]] and the Spring of Nations in the Americas the term Colombia became used by republicans and revolutionaries as an endonym that refers to the former Spanish colony of New Granada. After the Treaty of Medellín (1842) Colombia become used as the name |
During the [[Colombian War of Independence]] and the Spring of Nations in the Americas the term Colombia became used by republicans and revolutionaries as an endonym that refers to the former Spanish colony of New Granada. After the Treaty of Medellín (1842) Colombia become used as the common name for the United Provinces of Colombia. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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=== Colombian Revolution === |
=== Colombian Revolution === |
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Starting in the early 1830's southern and central Europe erupted into a wave of revolutions based upon liberalism, republicanism and nationalism known as the [[Spring of Nations]]. Some of the earliest of these revolutions were in the Iberian peninsula with revolutionaries calling for the Spanish and Portuguese empires to reform their political systems with some revolutionaries going as far as to call for the abolition of the monarchies. |
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== Government and politics == |
== Government and politics == |
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== Economy == |
== Economy == |
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