colonia
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of colonia
< Mexican Spanish: newly built or settled district of a city; Spanish: plantation, colony
Example Sentences
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Low water pressure and boil notices are common problems in her colonia, too.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2023
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
Diez años después de la hecatombe, los simios dominan el planeta, pero una colonia de humanos ha sobrevivido al virus.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2021
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
Camaloduno colonia VIIII. ibi erat templum Claudii, arx triumphalis, et imago Victoriæ deæ.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
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