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colón - the tranlation on your website has that it is a currency? Why is it in an address? example C.P. 76278. Colon, Qro. Mexico
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Just to expand a bit on Pinolero's great answer, the name "Colón" is the Spanish rendering of the name "Colombus" (as in Christopher Columbus). As mentioned, many towns, cities and even countries are named after this famous explorer—and not just in Central America, but all across the Americas. For example:
?Columbus (City), OH (Ohio–state), USA (Nation)
?Colón (city), Qro (Querétaro–state), México (Nation)
?Colón (city), Panama (Nation)
?British Columbia (Province), Canada (Nation)
?La República de Colombia (Nation)
Likewise, the use of the word "Colón" to describe units of currency in Costa Rica and El Salvador is derived from the name of the same famous explorer (Although, I believe that recently El Salvador may have switched to a new system of currency). Not incidentally, this currency bears the effigy of the famed explorer as can be noted by the following illustration:
The usage is very similar to the way in which, in America, a hundred dollar bill is sometimes referred to as a "Benjamin" in reference to Benjamin Franklin whose likeness is printed on the bill.
Colón is a fairly common name for towns, etc in Central America. I can't speak for Europe. The Qro might be Quintana Roo. A department of Mexico. My passport has been stamped there 3 or 4 times. Or it might be Querétaro which is another Mexican state. If I'm way off, somebody help me out.
