colonia
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of colonia
< Mexican Spanish: newly built or settled district of a city; Spanish: plantation, colony
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At first, moving from the nearby city of Mission to a colonia seemed like an opportunity to gain a toehold on the real estate ladder.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2023
Noemi Hernandez, 56, paid $22,500 in 2001 for a lot in a small colonia called Salida del Sol.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2023
The Indian Hills colonia is a maze of tumbledown homes with dirt yards and high chain-link fencing, each one like a cage protecting it from the next.
From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2018
More than 40 percent of colonia residents live below the poverty line, and 20 percent live at the line, according to the report.
From Scientific American • Apr. 23, 2018
Such a colonia agricola for Roman lads, outside the Flaminian gate, was founded by a visitor who has since become the wife of an Italian well known for similar enterprise in Italian Africa.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
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