colonias
- plural of colonia.
Example Sentences
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The immigrant population in the colonias has limited English proficiency, health literacy levels, and income, and lower levels of formal education.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024
Hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley, which has many colonias, have seen a surge of patients seeking relief from the heat.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
The problem hits hard in Appalachia, as well as in central Mississippi and Alabama, the colonias along the Texas-Mexico border, the Navajo Nation in the Southwest, and California’s Central Valley.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2021
Father explained: It was our word, colonias, the one we sometimes used for neighborhoods, and Tía Rosa still said it.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2020
Addresses in Mexico are very hard to find, and workers on this side of the border often live in isolated colonias scattered over a huge geographical area.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2020
