koloni

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Danish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin colonia.

Noun[edit]

koloni c (singular definite kolonien, plural indefinite kolonier)

  1. colony

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Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

koloni

  1. first-person singular possessive of kolo

Declension[edit]

Inflection of koloni (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative koloni koloni
genitive koloni kolojeni
partitive koloani kolojani
illative kolooni koloihini
singular plural
nominative koloni koloni
accusative nom. koloni koloni
gen. koloni
genitive koloni kolojeni
partitive koloani kolojani
inessive kolossani koloissani
elative kolostani koloistani
illative kolooni koloihini
adessive kolollani koloillani
ablative kololtani koloiltani
allative kololleni koloilleni
essive kolonani koloinani
translative kolokseni koloikseni
instructive koloini
abessive kolottani koloittani
comitative koloineni

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Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch kolonie, from Latin colōnia (colony), colōnus (farmer; colonist), colō (till, cultivate, worship).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [koˈloni]
  • Rhymes: -ni, -i
  • Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧ni

Noun[edit]

koloni (plural koloni-koloni, first-person possessive koloniku, second-person possessive kolonimu, third-person possessive koloninya)

  1. colony,
    1. (government, politics) a governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country.
    2. (government, politics) region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.
    3. (government, politics) a group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area.
    4. (zoology) a group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin colonia.

Noun[edit]

koloni m (definite singular kolonien, indefinite plural kolonier, definite plural koloniene)

  1. a colony

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin colonia.

Noun[edit]

koloni m (definite singular kolonien, indefinite plural koloniar, definite plural koloniane)

  1. a colony

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Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English colon.

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Noun[edit]

koloni (n class, plural koloni)

  1. colon (punctuation mark)

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Swedish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin colonia.

Noun[edit]

koloni c

  1. a colony

Declension[edit]

Declension of koloni 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative koloni kolonin kolonier kolonierna
Genitive kolonis kolonins koloniers koloniernas

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Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English colony.

Noun[edit]

koloni

  1. colony

Turkish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قولونی(koloni, colony), from French colonie, from Latin colōnus (farmer; colonist), from Latin colō (till, cultivate, worship), from Proto-Italic *kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move, to turn (around), to revolve around, and therefore to sojourn, to dwell).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (standard) /ko.loˈni/, (some speakers) /koˈlo.ni/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧ni

Noun[edit]

koloni (definite accusative koloniyi, plural koloniler)

  1. colony (region or governmental unit)
    Synonyms: sömürge, (archaic) müstemleke
  2. colony (group of people who settle such an area)
  3. colony (group of people residing in a different country, city, or area)
  4. (biology) colony (group of organisms)

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