colonia
Americannoun
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colonias
plural
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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
We also found that, although residents in the colonia were not happy about immigrants coursing through their neighborhood, they were not fans of the Border Patrol, either.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 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
Coin is a contraction for "colonia," indicating that at the place so designated a Roman colonia received honors at the hands of the Roman Senate.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by William A. (William Alfred) Quayle
People living in the colonias here are subject to the health effects of environmental hazards.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024
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
Five years ago, he was dispatched to El Buen Pastor in Sparks, one of the impoverished colonias around El Paso, where residents had fought for years for access to water, sewage and electricity services.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2019
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