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colonia
[kuh-loh-nee-uh, -lohn-yuh, kaw-law-nyah]
noun
plural
colonias(in the southwestern U.S.) a city neighborhood or a rural settlement inhabited predominantly by Mexicans or Mexican Americans.
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Tuesday’s dual assassination took place shortly after 7 a.m. near a major intersection in the neighborhood known as Colonia Moderna.
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.
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.
“The car is parked, nose down, atop a steep hill in Colonia Libertad, where it appears to have miraculously jumped the nearby border fence.”
She lives in Colonia Montelimar, a neighbourhood that until recently was controlled by the fearsome MS-13.
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