# Colonia

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #57,945

## Definitions
1. An urban area of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
2. A neighbourhood, The Colonia or La Colonia, in Oxnard, Ventura County, California, United States.
3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
4. A department of Uruguay.
5. Ellipsis of Colonia del Sacramento: a city, the capital of Colonia department, in south-western Uruguay.

## Etymology
Compare with Spanish colonia. Doublet of Cologne, colony, and Köln.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/colonia