/keuh loh"nee euh, -lohn"yeuh/ ; Sp. /kaw law"nyah/ , n. , pl. colonias /-loh"nee euhz, -lohn"yeuhz/ ; Sp. /-law"nyahs/ .
(in the southwestern U.S.) a city neighborhood or a rural settlement inhabited predominantly by Mexicans or Mexican Americans.
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