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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier * quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlõ.ni.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /koˈlõ.njɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlõ.ni.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /koˈlõ.njɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlo.ni.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /koˈlo.nja/
Noun
colônia f (plural colônias) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
- colony (region or governmental unit)
- a settlement of immigrants
- plantation
- eau de Cologne; cologne (type of perfume)