name
Meaning 1
An urban area of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
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colonia
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 L OW1 N IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A neighbourhood, The Colonia or La Colonia, in Oxnard, Ventura County, California, United States.
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name
Meaning 3
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
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name
Meaning 4
A department of Uruguay.
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name
Meaning 5
Ellipsis of Colonia del Sacramento: a city, the capital of Colonia department, in south-western Uruguay.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
Meaning 6
a slum or shantytown near the US-Mexican border, generally without modern infrastructure
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History
Etymology
Compare with Spanish colonia. Doublet of Cologne, colony, and Köln.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Mexican Spanish coloniabor. English colonia Borrowed from Mexican Spanish colonia.
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