colonia

f.

1 colony (estado dependiente).

2 eau de cologne (perfume).

me gusta la colonia que usa tu novio I like your boyfriend's aftershave

3 district (barrio).

colonia proletaria shanty town, slum area (Mexican Spanish)

4 suburb.

5 crown colony.

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Colonia

► nombre femenino

1 Cologne

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noun f.

1) colony, settlement

2) cologne

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SF Cologne

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femenino

1) (Hist, Pol) colony

2) (de animales, células) colony

3)

a) (de viviendas) residential development

colonia militar — housing estate (for service families)

b) (Méx) (barrio) quarter, district

c) (campamento) camp

colonia de vacaciones — holiday camp

- colonia penal

4) (perfume) cologne, eau de cologne

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femenino

1) (Hist, Pol) colony

2) (de animales, células) colony

3)

a) (de viviendas) residential development

colonia militar — housing estate (for service families)

b) (Méx) (barrio) quarter, district

c) (campamento) camp

colonia de vacaciones — holiday camp

- colonia penal

4) (perfume) cologne, eau de cologne

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colonia¹

¹ = colony, colonial territory.

Ex: This article relates what happened to the records of the German era after the colony became a mandate under the British administration and after the attainment of independence.

Ex: The problems of retrospective bibliography, as indeed of national library development, are usually seen at their worst in former colonial territories which have evolved late into nationhood.

* colonia penal = penal colony.

* colonia penitenciaria = penal colony.

colonia²

² = cologne, eau de cologne.

Ex: A brand-loyal bunch, 75 percent of men use only one or two types of cologne at a time.

Ex: Today, eau de cologne (or simply, cologne) means nothing more than a fragrance whose essential oil concentration is approximately 5%.

* agua de colonia, colonia = eau de cologne.

Colonia³

= Cologne.

Ex: Founded by the Romans, Cologne is the oldest of the major German cities.

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Colonia

feminine

(en Alemania) Cologne; (en Uruguay) Colonia

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colonia sustantivo femenino
1

a) (Hist, Pol, Zool, Biol) colony

b) (de viviendas) residential development;

◊ colonia militar housing estate (for service families);

colonia penal (Per) penal colony

c) (Méx) (barrio) quarter, district

d) (campamento) camp;

◊ colonia de vacaciones holiday camp

2 (perfume) (eau de) cologne
colonia 1 sustantivo femenino
1 colony
2 (campamento de verano) summer camp
colonia 2 f (agua perfumada) cologne
'colonia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agua
- establecer
- poblar
English:
cologne
- colony
- douse
- eau de Cologne
- settle
- toilet-water
- camp
- holiday
- suburb
- summer
- toilet

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Colonia n

Cologne

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colonia

f

1 colony;

la colonia venezolana en Washington the Venezuelan community in Washington

2 perfume cologne

3 Méx (barrio) district

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colonia nf

1) : colony

2) : cologne

3) Mex : residential area, neighborhood

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colonia n

1. (territorio) colony [pl. colonies]

Cuba fue una colonia española Cuba was a Spanish colony

2. (perfume) cologne

se echó colonia she put some cologne on