Colonia

A colonia was a Roman outpost, usually established by veterans of a Roman Legion, who received land as a part of their retirement from the Legions. In time the term evolved to denote the highest status of a Roman city.

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Some examples would be

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• Lincoln, originally Lindum Colonia.
• Colchester, originally Colonia Claudia Victricensis.
• Jerusalem (Colonia Aelia Capitolina, after the Jewish War).
• K?ln originally Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensis.

In Mexico, colonia is used for a neighbourhood. It's a frequent term in Mexico D.F. addresses.

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Primarily Hispanic settlements along the U.S.-Mexican border are also called colonias. These are often substandard.

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• Colonia, Uruguay is a city in Uruguay.
• Colonia, Yap is the chief town of the island of Yap.

Colonia is a popular dance music group in Croatia.

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Neighbourhood: :Neighbourhood is also a term used in mathematics (see the concepts of neighborhood in topology and the concepts of neighbor and neighborhood in graph theory) and a song by Space. (see Neighbourhood (song))...

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