colonia
[ kuh-loh-nee-uh, -lohn-yuh; Spanish kaw-law-nyah ]
noun,plural co·lo·ni·as [kuh-loh-nee-uhz, -lohn-yuhz; Spanish kaw-law-nyahs]. /kəˈloʊ ni əz, -ˈloʊn yəz; Spanish kɔˈlɔ nyɑs/.
(in the southwestern U.S.) a city neighborhood or a rural settlement inhabited predominantly by Mexicans or Mexican Americans.
Origin of colonia
1<Mexican Spanish: newly built or settled district of a city; Spanish: plantation, colony
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How to use colonia in a sentence
The highest municipal authority in the colonias or agricultural settlements on government lands in Argentina.
Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader | Ernesto NelsonThe Embassy is some distance out, in one of the new "Colonias."
Diplomatic Days | Edith O'ShaughnessyThe system of cane colonias was started all over with marked success.
Industrial Cuba | Robert P. PorterThis is a model colonia; but all Cuban colonias are not models.
Industrial Cuba | Robert P. PorterSome factories depend more largely upon the colonias, or small farms which supply the cane.
Industrial Cuba | Robert P. Porter
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