colonia
Americannoun
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colonias
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
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
When a storm in late May flooded the Indian Hills colonia east of McAllen, the water spilled under doorways and began to rise.
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
It became a Roman colonia under Augustus, and it is from this period that the fertile plain, hitherto called the plain of Leontini, begins to be called the plain of Catina.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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
The disparity is more visible in the colonias, mostly unincorporated neighborhoods that often lack such basic services as running water, sewer systems, paved roads and streetlights.
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
About half a million Texas border residents live in so-called colonias across the U.S. side of the border, which often lack basic amenities such as running water.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2020
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