What does colonia in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word colonia in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use colonia in Italian.

The word colonia in Italian means community, colony, territory, colony, cologne, eau de cologne, summer camp, sleep-away camp, Cologne, cologne, eau de cologne, summer camp, penal colony, reduced to a colony. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word colonia

community

sostantivo femminile (comunità di stranieri)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
È la colonia di italiani a New York.
It's the Italian community in New York.

colony, territory

sostantivo femminile (territorio soggiogato)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Taiwan fu una colonia giapponese fino alla fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale.
Taiwan was a Japanese colony up until the end of World War II.

colony

sostantivo femminile (di animali o vegetali) (biology)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Una colonia di insetti si era stabilita in camera mia.
A colony of insects has made their home in my bedroom.

cologne, eau de cologne

sostantivo femminile (profumo) (perfume)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Francesco si spruzzò un po' di colonia sul collo.
Francesco sprayed a bit of cologne on his neck.

summer camp, sleep-away camp

sostantivo femminile (bambini: villeggiatura)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Una volta, la colonia era l'unico modo per i bambini di andare in vacanza.
Summer camp used to be the only way children could go on holiday.

Cologne

sostantivo femminile (città della Germania)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Anna è stata a Colonia con la sua famiglia per le vacanze di Natale.

cologne, eau de cologne

sostantivo femminile (tipo di profumo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

summer camp

penal colony

reduced to a colony

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