colonia
Americannoun
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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
Mostly, immigrants want to get through the colonia as fast as possible.
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 was a municipium under the early empire, but was converted into a colonia under Antoninus Pius by Herodes Atticus, who provided it with a water-supply.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" 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
“I’m trying to do everything that I can do,” said Everardo Villarreal, a county commissioner who represents the colonias where Ms. Quilatan and Ms. Hernandez live.
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
Addresses in Mexico are very hard to find, and workers on this side of the border often live in isolated colonias scattered over a huge geographical area.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2020
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