colonia
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- noun
- /kəˈloʊniə/
- US
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colonia
- The communities range greatly in size; in the study described here, sample colonias range from 4 to 5,200 residents, with a mean population of 264.
- colonia residents
- Texas colonias
Examples
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The colonia residents have truck-delivered water that is stored in 55-gallon drums.
Academic text (1998) -
For example, for every $1,000 increase in household income, the likelihood that a colonia had received water service by 1996 increased by 2 percent.
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The land the colonia is built on belongs to the railroad.
Academic text (2001) -
I looked for them at a construction site in a new colonia where the sun went down and a soldier whispered.
Fiction book (1992) -
EPSEA's demonstration project has installed solar stills at a colonia along the Texas-Mexico border.
Academic text (1998) -
The absence of basic water and sanitation services among colonias is widespread (see Table 2 on page 27).
Academic text (2003) -
In 1995, about 20 percent of Texas's 357,000 colonia residents were unconnected to central drinking-water systems.
Academic text (2003) -
Many families live without basic services in the colonia near the border.
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The local government is finally addressing issues that residents face in the colonia.
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Children in the colonia walk several miles to attend the nearest school.
Synonyms
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9.9
A small village in the countryside where Native American people live, often in the southwestern United States
How Developed
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word colonia shares the same root as English colony, which means 'settlement'. In the U.S. the word came to mean small border communities where people set up homes and which sometimes lack basic services.