Translingual

Proper noun

Colonia f

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

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Passeriformes - order; Tyranni - suborder; Tyrannides - infraorder; Tyrannida - parvorder; Tyrannidae - family

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

Related terms

• coloniese
• acqua di Colonia

Anagrams

• caolino

Spanish

Proper noun

Colonia f

1. Cologne (city in Germany)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

colonia f ‎(plural colonie)

1. colony

Related terms

• coloniale
• colonialismo
• colonialista
• colonizzare

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

Related terms

• colonato
• colonico
• colono
• colonia marina

Anagrams

• caolino

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koˈloː.ni.a/

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.

Derived terms

• colōnārius
• Colōnia Agrippīna
• colōniārius

Related terms

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

Related terms

• coloniaje
• colonial
• colonialismo
• colonialista
• colonizar

See also

• fraccionamiento
• urbanización
• barrio

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).