kolonia

From kolonio +‎ -a.

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• IPA^(key): [koloˈnia]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧ni‧a

kolonia (accusative singular kolonian, plural koloniaj, accusative plural koloniajn)

1. colonial

• postkolonia

From Latin colōnia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoloniɑ/, [ˈko̞lo̞ˌniɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ko‧lo‧ni‧a

kolonia

1. colony

• “kolonia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Internationalism; compare English colony, French colonie, German Kolonie, ultimately from Latin colōnia.

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈlɔɲ.ja/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɲja
• Syllabification: ko‧lon‧ia
• Homophone: Kolonia

kolonia f (diminutive kolonijka, related adjective kolonijny)

1. colony (region or governmental unit)
2. colony (group of people in a foreign country)
3. colony (group of residential houses located away from the city center or from the main cluster of buildings in a village)
4. penal colony (place of forced stay, isolated from society)
5. (in the plural, sports) youth camp (program that offers supervised recreational and athletic activities for children during summer vacation)
6. (colloquial) group of children or young people staying at a youth camp
7. colony (permanent assemblage of organisms of one species or a temporary concentration of animals)
8. (historical) colony (Greek, Phoenician, or Roman trading or agricultural settlement established in a foreign land and subordinate to a metropolis)

• kolonia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kolonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kolonia in PWN's encyclopedia

Early abakada spelling of kolonya.

kolonia (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ)

1. Obsolete spelling of kolonya