[ˈkəʊlɒn], (Noun)

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- a punctuation mark (:) used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation


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Origin:
mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric denoting a section of a complex sentence, or a pause before it): via Latin from Greek kōlon ‘limb, clause’

[ˈkəʊlɒn], (Noun)

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- the main part of the large intestine, which passes from the caecum to the rectum and absorbs water and electrolytes from food which has remained undigested


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late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolon

[kɒˈlɒn], (Noun)

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- the chief port of Panama, at the Caribbean end of the Panama Canal; population 87,800 (est. 2009). It was founded in 1850 by the American William Aspinwall (1807–55), after whom it was originally named


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[kɒˈlɒn], (Noun)

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- the basic monetary unit of Costa Rica and El Salvador, equal to 100 centimos in Costa Rica and 100 centavos in El Salvador


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Origin:
from Cristóbal Colón, the Spanish name of Christopher Columbus (see Columbus, Christopher)