colonia

[ kuh-loh-nee-uh, -lohn-yuh; Spanish kaw-law-nyah ]

noun

, plural co·lo·ni·as [k, uh, -, loh, -nee-, uh, z, -, lohn, -y, uh, z, kaw-, law, -nyahs].

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of colonia¹

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

Example Sentences

The brand’s store, in Colonia Juárez, carries this same energy, with its aesthetic drawing from the cargo trailers that go from Mexico City to the States.

From Los Angeles Times

He chose Colonia Juárez for the location, specifically an area that’s home to many auto body shops, because it felt true to where these looks would actually be worn.

From Los Angeles Times

“The car is parked, nose down, atop a steep hill in Colonia Libertad, where it appears to have miraculously jumped the nearby border fence.”

From Los Angeles Times

She lives in Colonia Montelimar, a neighbourhood that until recently was controlled by the fearsome MS-13.

From BBC

“La Colonia Independencia is the mother of all the neighborhoods in Monterrey,” Vázquez said.

From Los Angeles Times