Cologne

Cologne from Latin colonia. From its official Latin name Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, an ancient Roman colony with Italian rights. Abbreviated as CCAA. Founded under Claudius as a colony: Colonia Civium Romanorum, see Gaffiot s.v. colonia, and Agrippinensis Colonia p. 92. It enjoyed the jus italicum (history) (Roman law).