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colón¹

  • /kəˈloʊ̯n/

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Spanish colón after Christopher Columbus, or Cristóbal Colón.

noun colóns · colones

  1. The currency of Costa Rica, divided into 100 céntimos.
  2. The former currency of El Salvador, divided into 100 centavos (cents), now replaced by the American dollar.

Colón²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish.

proper noun

  1. A town in La Libertad department, El Salvador.
  2. A province in Panama.
  3. A city, the capital of Colón province, Panama.

Translations

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noun Currency of Costa Rica or El Salvador

Españolcolón
한국어콜론 kollon
日本語コロン koron
中文科朗 kēlǎng

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MLA

"colón." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/col%C3%B3n. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

colón. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/col%C3%B3n

Chicago

"colón." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/col%C3%B3n.

BibTeX
@misc{colo_n_2026,
  title = {colón},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/col%C3%B3n},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}