colonia
noun
(in the southwestern U.S.) a city neighborhood or a rural settlement inhabited predominantly by Mexicans or Mexican Americans.
colonias
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pluralof colonia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
“How is that possible? It’s like the colonias are part of a different country.”
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
