colônia

See also: colonia, Colonia, colónia, colònia, Colónia, and Colônia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• colónia (Portugal)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlõ.ni.ɐ/ [koˈlõ.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /koˈlõ.njɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlõ.ni.ɐ/ [koˈlõ.nɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /koˈlõ.njɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlo.ni.a/ [koˈlo.nɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /koˈlo.nja/

• Homophone: Colônia
• Hyphenation: co‧lô‧ni‧a

Noun

colônia f (plural colônias) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. colony (region or governmental unit)
2. a settlement of immigrants
3. plantation
4. eau de Cologne; cologne (type of perfume)

Related terms

• colonial
• colonização
• colonizado
• colonizador
• colonizar
• colonizável
• colono