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colón

/kəˈloʊ̯n/

colón noun: the currency of Costa Rica, divided into 100 céntimos.

Noun

colón (plural colóns or 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.

Proper noun capitalized: Colón

Colón

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

Forms of colón

pluralcolóns
pluralcolones

Origin of colón

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

Borrowed from Spanish.

Questions about colón

What does colón mean?
Colón means the currency of Costa Rica, divided into 100 céntimos.
What part of speech is colón?
Colón can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce colón?
Colón is pronounced /kəˈloʊ̯n/.
What is the plural of colón?
The plural of colón is colóns.

Words near colón in the dictionary

  1. colyums
  2. colza
  3. colza oil
  4. colza oils
  5. colzas
  6. colón
  7. colóns
  8. Colți
  9. com
  10. COM lite
  11. com ruou

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