colonia

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See also Colonia, colònia, and colónia

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Italian [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Latin colōnia (colony), from colōnus (farmer; colonist), from colō (till, cultivate, worship).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • Stress: colònia, IPA: /koˈlɔnja/, X-SAMPA: /ko"lOnja/

Noun [edit]

colonia f (plural colonie)

  1. colony
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • Stress: colònia, IPA: /koˈlɔnja/, X-SAMPA: /ko"lOnja/

Noun [edit]

colonia f (plural colonie)

  1. cologne, eau de Cologne
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Etymology 3 [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Stress: colonìa, IPA: /koloˈni.a/, X-SAMPA: /kolo"ni.a/

Noun [edit]

colonia f (plural colonie)

  1. holding (farm)
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Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From colōnus (farmer; colonist), from colō (till, cultivate, worship), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move; to turn (around)).

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Noun [edit]

colōnia (genitive colōniae); f, first declension

  1. A colony, settlement.
  2. A possession in land, land attached to a farm, estate.
  3. (metonymically) The people composing a colony, colonists.

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative colōnia colōniae
genitive colōniae colōniārum
dative colōniae colōniīs
accusative colōniam colōniās
ablative colōniā colōniīs
vocative colōnia colōniae

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Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin colōnia (colony), from colōnus (farmer; colonist), from colō (till, cultivate, worship).

Noun [edit]

colonia f (plural colonias)

  1. colony
  2. (Mexico) neighbourhood

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Usage notes [edit]

  • In Mexico it is usually shortened and capitalized as "Col." in addresses, where it has postal value and is obligatory (or fraccionamiento, or barrio), alongside of postal code (zip code).