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Colonia

Colonia

Translingual

Proper noun

Colonia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tyrannidae – the long-tailed tyrant.

Hypernyms

References

  • Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

Interlingua

Proper noun

Colonia

  1. Cologne (city in Germany)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Colònia, IPA(key): /koˈlɔnja/

Proper noun

Colonia f

  1. Cologne

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Spanish

Proper noun

Colonia f

  1. Cologne (city in Germany)

colonia

colonia

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Stress: colònia, IPA(key): /koˈlɔnja/

Noun

colonia f (plural colonie)

  1. colony
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Stress: colònia, IPA(key): /koˈlɔnja/

Noun

colonia f (plural colonie)

  1. cologne, eau de Cologne
Synonyms
  • acqua di colonia

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Stress: colonìa, IPA(key): /koloˈni.a/

Noun

colonia f (plural colonie)

  1. holding (farm)

Etymology 4

Noun

colonia f (plural colonie)

  1. resort
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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

colōnia f (genitive colōniae); 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

First declension.

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

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Descendants

References

  • colonia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • colonia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “colonia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to found a colony somewhere: coloniam deducere in aliquem locum (vid. sect. XII. 1, note Notice too...)
    • to found a colony: coloniam constituere (Leg. Agr. 1. 5. 16)
  • colonia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • colonia in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • colonia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • colonia in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

colonia f (plural colonias)

  1. colony
  2. (Mexico) neighbourhood

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Usage notes

  • 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).