colonia

American  

[kuh-loh-nee-uh, -lohn-yuh, kaw-law-nyah] / kəˈloʊ ni ə, -ˈloʊn yə, kɔˈlɔ nyɑ /

noun

plural

colonias

1. (in the southwestern U.S.) a city neighborhood or a rural settlement inhabited predominantly by Mexicans or Mexican Americans.

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Etymology

Origin of colonia

< Mexican Spanish: newly built or settled district of a city; Spanish: plantation, colony

Example Sentences

Low water pressure and boil notices are common problems in her colonia, too.

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

To capture life on the border, a Times reporter and photographer rented a house in the colonia half a block from the Rio Grande and lived there off and on for four months.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2018

The two of them owned a small butcher shop in the colonia.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2018

The government of the colonia was formed on a Roman model: there was a body of Decuriones or Senators.

From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Stewart, Aubrey