colonia

American  

[kuh-loh-nee-uh, -lohn-yuh, kaw-law-nyah] / kəˈloʊ ni ə, -ˈloʊn yə, kɔˈlɔ nyɑ /

noun

plural

colonias

1. (in the southwestern U.S.) a city neighborhood or a rural settlement inhabited predominantly by Mexicans or Mexican Americans.

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Etymology

Origin of colonia

< Mexican Spanish: newly built or settled district of a city; Spanish: plantation, colony

Example Sentences

Noemi Hernandez, 56, paid $22,500 in 2001 for a lot in a small colonia called Salida del Sol.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2023

Low water pressure and boil notices are common problems in her colonia, too.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2023

An agent patrolling the colonia declined to have his photo taken outside our house, implying he never knows who is in league with the cartels.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2018

The two of them owned a small butcher shop in the colonia.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2018

The cantonal civitas had its duoviri and quaestors and so forth, and its ordo or senate, precisely like any municipal colonia or municipium.

From The Romanization of Roman Britain by Haverfield, F. (Francis)