colourful history

collocation in English

meaningsofcolourfulandhistory

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colourful
adjective
uk
/ˈkʌl.ə.fəl/us
/ˈkʌl.ɚ.fəl/
having bright colours or a lot of ...
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history
noun
uk
/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofcolourfulandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Polar ballooning has a morecolourfulhistorythan this, full of optimistic proposals and a host of eccentric characters.
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Apparently, it had an interesting andcolourfulhistory.
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The village has a long andcolourfulhistory.
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The paper has experienced a very varied andcolourfulhistory.
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Andalusians have a long andcolourfulhistoryof dog breeding that can be observed throughout the region today.
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The club's senior mens team has a chequered andcolourfulhistory.
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The cave contains a spring and a well named in his honour and has acolourfulhistory.
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It has a fiery andcolourfulhistorywhich would fill volumes.
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The building dates back to the 1840s and has a long andcolourfulhistoryof village life.
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It is famed for its rich andcolourfulhistorywhich has attracted much tourism.
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The fort has acolourfulhistory, and today has a multi-ethnic and multi-religious population.
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Itscolourfulhistoryand repeated damage by fire is evocative of the dramas associated with riverboat travel.
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Barre had acolourfulhistorywhen it came to architectural competitions.
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The prison has acolourfulhistory.
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The area is dotted with trails, observations posts and rest areas with interpretive panels on the local fauna, flora and the areas' rich andcolourfulhistory.
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Richman worked on the lighting scheme, and the designers decided to line the walls of the underpass with a tactile red flock material, as an allusion to itscolourfulhistory.
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