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Definition colonia in American English

colonia noun

[countable] noun
/kəˈloʊnjə/
1

a poor community in the U.S. near the border between the U.S. and Mexico, mostly consisting of immigrant families (=people who were not born in the U.S.)

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Definition colonia in American English