colonia
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”).
Pronunciation
- Stress: colònia
- IPA(key): /koˈlɔn.ja/
Related terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Stress: colònia, IPA(key): /koˈlɔnja/
Synonyms
- acqua di colonia
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Stress: colonìa, IPA(key): /koloˈni.a/
Etymology 4
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈloː.ni.a/, [kɔˈɫoː.ni.a]
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.
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | colōnia | colōniae |
Genitive | colōniae | colōniārum |
Dative | colōniae | colōniīs |
Accusative | colōniam | colōniās |
Ablative | colōniā | colōniīs |
Vocative | colōnia | colōniae |
Derived terms
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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
- 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
Etymology
From Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈlonja/
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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).
See also
Further reading
- “colonia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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