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

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

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

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2023

The interiors of the house he grew up in had been remodeled beyond recognition, so he settled for a similar home in a nearby colonia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2019

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

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2018

The chief magistrates in a colonia were styled duumviri iure dicundo. the dignity of my position.

From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Butler, Harold Edgeworth