Colón (Spanish)
n
1 a port in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal. Chief Caribbean port. Pop.: 137825 (1992 est.), (Former name)
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2 Archipiélago (<PH:"><PH:a><PH:r><PH:t><PH:$><PH:i><PH:'><PH:p><PH:j><PH:e><PH:l><PH:a><PH:J><PH:o> <PH:D><PH:e>). the official name of the Galápagos Islands
colon [1]
n
1 pl , -lons the punctuation mark :, usually preceding an explanation or an example of what has gone before, a list, or an extended quotation
2 pl , -lons this mark used for certain other purposes, such as expressions of time, as in 2:45 p.m., or when a ratio is given in figures, as in 5:3
3 pl , -la (in classical prosody) a part of a rhythmic period with two to six feet and one principal accent or ictus
(C16: from Latin, from Greek kolon limb, hence part of a strophe, clause of a sentence)
colon [2]
n pl , -lons, -la the part of the large intestine between the caecum and the rectum
(C16: from Latin: large intestine, from Greek kolon)
colon [3] (French)
n a colonial farmer or plantation owner, esp. in a French colony
(French: colonist, from Latin colonus, from colere to till, inhabit)
colón (Spanish)
n pl , -lons, -lones (Spanish)
1 the standard monetary unit of Costa Rica, divided into 100 céntimos
2 the standard monetary unit of El Salvador, divided into 100 centavos
(C19: American Spanish, from Spanish, after Cristóbal Colón Christopher Columbus)
transverse colon
n (Anatomy) the part of the large intestine passing transversely in front of the liver and stomach