colonia
See also: Colonia, colónia, colònia, colônia, Colónia, Colònia, and Colônia
Interlingua
Noun
colonia (plural colonias)
- colony
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈlɔ.nja/
- Rhymes: -ɔnja
- Hyphenation: co‧lò‧nia
Noun
colonia f (plural colonie)
- colony
Related terms
- coloniale
- colonialismo
- colonialista
- colonizzare
Etymology 2
Short for acqua di Colonia, itself a calque of French eau de Cologne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈlɔ.nja/
- Rhymes: -ɔnja
- Hyphenation: co‧lò‧nia
Noun
colonia f (plural colonie)
- cologne, eau de Cologne
- Synonym: acqua di Colonia
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.loˈni.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: co‧lo‧nì‧a
Noun
colonia f (plural colonie)
- holding (farm)
Noun
colonia f (plural colonie)
- resort
Related terms
- colonato
- colonico
- colono
- colonia marina
Anagrams
- Nicolao, caolino
Latin
Etymology
From colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈloː.ni.a/, [kɔˈɫ̪oːniä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈlo.ni.a/, [koˈlɔːniä]
Noun
colōnia f (genitive colōniae); first declension
- A colony, settlement.
- A possession in land, land attached to a farm, estate.
- (metonymically) The people composing a colony, colonists.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | colōnia | colōniae |
| Genitive | colōniae | colōniārum |
| Dative | colōniae | colōniīs |
| Accusative | colōniam | colōniās |
| Ablative | colōniā | colōniīs |
| Vocative | colōnia | colōniae |
Derived terms
- colōnārius
- Colōnia Agrippīna
- colōniārius
Related terms
- agricola
- colō
- colōna
- colōnātus
- colōnicus
- colōnus
- culta
- cultē
- cultiō
- cultor
- cultūra
- cultus
Descendants
- Catalan: colònia
- Czech: kolonie
- Danish: koloni
- Dutch: kolonie
- Afrikaans: kolonie
- → Indonesian: koloni
- English: colony
- Tok Pisin: koloni
- → Tokelauan: kolone
- French: colonie
- → Ottoman Turkish: قولونی (koloni)
- Turkish: koloni
- → Ottoman Turkish: قولونی (koloni)
- Galician: colonia
- German: Kolonie
- Italian: colonia
- Norwegian: koloni
- Occitan: colònia
- Polish: kolonia
- Portuguese: colônia, colónia
- Romanian: colonie
- Russian: коло́ния (kolónija)
- Spanish: colonia
- Swedish: koloni
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
- colonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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)
- to found a colony somewhere: coloniam deducere in aliquem locum (vid. sect. XII. 1, note Notice too...)
- “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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈlonja/ [koˈlo.nja]
- Rhymes: -onja
- Syllabification: co‧lo‧nia
Etymology 1
From Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”).
Noun
colonia f (plural colonias)
- colony
- (Mexico) neighbourhood
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).
Derived terms
- coloniaje
- colonial
- Colonia Le Barón, Colonia Lebarón
- colonialismo
- colonialista
- colonia penal
- colonizar
Related terms
- colono
See also
- fraccionamiento
- urbanización
- barrio
Etymology 2
From agua de Colonia, from French eau de Cologne, ultimately from Latin Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, Cologne, the current city in Germany, and cognate of colony.
Noun
colonia f (plural colonias)
- eau de Cologne
Further reading
- “colonia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014