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Colonia (Mexico)
In general, colonias are neighborhoods in Mexican cities, which have no jurisdictional autonomy or representation. It is plausible that the name, which literally means colony, arose in the late 19th, early 20th centuries, when one of the first urban developments outside Mexico City's core was inhabited by a French colony in the city

Colonia (Roman)
A Roman colonia was originally a Roman outpost established in conquered territory to secure it. Eventually, however, the term came to denote the highest status of Roman city.-History:

Colonial
Colonial or The Colonial may refer to:* Colonial, of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony* Colonial history of the United States, the period of American history from the 17th century to 1776, under the rule of Great Britain, France and Spain

Colonialism
Colonialism is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It is a process whereby the metropole claims sovereignty over the colony and the social structure, government, and economics of the colony are changed by colonizers from the metropole

Colonisation
Colonization occurs whenever any one or more species populate an area. The term, which is derived from the Latin colere, "to inhabit, cultivate, frequent, practice, tend, guard, respect", originally related to humans. However, 19th century biogeographers dominated the term to describe the activities of birds, bacteria, or plant species

Colonna (disambiguation)
-Places:Italy* Colonna, Lazio, a comune in the Province of Rome* Colonna, City of Rome, a rione in Rome* Capo Colonna, a cape of Calabria.* Palazzo Colonna, a palatial block of buildings in central Rome

Colonna (typeface)
Colonna is an inline serif typeface created by Monotype in 1926.

Colonnade
In classical architecture, a colonnade denotes a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building.

Colonnade (Fabergé egg)
The Colonnade egg is a jewelled enameled Easter egg made by Henrik Wigström under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1910. The egg was made for Nicholas II of Russia, who presented it to his wife, Alexandra Feodorvna upon the birth of their only son, the tsarevich Alexei

Colonne
Colonne is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.-References:*

Colonoscopy
Colonoscopy is the endoscopic examination of the large bowel and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus. It may provide a visual diagnosis and grants the opportunity for biopsy or removal of suspected lesions.Colonoscopy can remove polyps as small as one millimetre or less

Colony
In politics and history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a state. For colonies in antiquity, city-states would often found their own colonies. Some colonies were historically countries, while others were territories without definite statehood from their inception. The metropolitan state is the state that owns the colony

Colony (art gallery)
COLONY is an independent artist-run non-commercial art gallery based in Birmingham, England.The gallery was established in 2004 by two Irish-born artists: Mona Casey and Paul McAree. It has nomadically existed in a variety of spaces over the course of its existence, finding new spaces as the programme evolves

Colony (fraternity or sorority)
A colony is a probationary body of a national fraternity or sorority. A group wishing to become a member of a fraternity or sorority must first petition for status as a colony. If the colony prospers, the colony may later be chartered, thereby becoming a full chapter of the fraternity

Colony (short story)
"Colony" is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick. It was first published in Galaxy magazine, June 1953. The plot centers on an expedition to an uncharted planet, on which the dominant, predatory life form is capable of precise mimicry of human technology.-About the story:Accompanying the story in the June 1953 issue of Galaxy, Dick wrote about the story:The ultimate

Colophon
Colophon was a city in the region of Lydia in antiquity dating from about the turn of the first millennium-BC. It was likely one the oldest of the twelve Ionian League cities, between Lebedos and Ephesus and its ruins are in the eponymously named modern region of Ionia.The city's name comes from the word κολοφών, 'summit', which is also

Colophon (disambiguation)
Colophon can refer to:* Colophon ** A brief description of publication or production notes relevant to the edition, in modern books usually located at the reverse of the title page, but can also sometimes be located at the end of the book

Colophon (genus)
Colophon is a small genus of beetle in the "stag beetle" family Lucanidae.These beetles are flightless, and are endemic to South Africa, each restricted to its own mountain range or peak within a range

Color
Color or colour is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, green, blue and others. Color derives from the spectrum of light interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors

Color (band)
Color was a Japanese punk band formed in 1985 by Dynamite Tommy, who founded the Free-Will record label a year later. They are considered to be important to the formation of visual kei.- History :

Color (software)
Color was a professional color grading software application produced by Apple Inc. for their Mac OS X operating system. It is one of the major applications included as part of Apple's Final Cut Studio 3 video production suite

Color blindness
Color blindness or color vision deficiency is the inability or decreased ability to see color, or perceive color differences, under lighting conditions when color vision is not normally impaired

Color triangle
A color triangle is an arrangement of colors within a triangle, based on the additive combination of three primary colors at its corners.An additive color space defined by three primary colors has a chromaticity gamut that is a color triangle, when the amounts of the primaries are constrained to be nonnegative.Before the theory of additive color was proposed by Thomas Young and

Color wheel
A color wheel or color circle is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle that shows relationships between primary colors, secondary colors, complementary colors, etc.

Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains

Colorado (horse)
Colorado was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He won the 2000 Guineas in 1926 and the Eclipse Stakes in 1927. He was also noted for his rivalry with the Derby winner Coronach whom he defeated on three of their four meetings.-Background:

Colorado (RTD)
Colorado is a side platformed RTD light rail station in Denver, Colorado, United States. Operating as part of the E, F and H Lines, the station was opened on November 17, 2006, and is operated by the Regional Transportation District. The station is located next to the Colorado Center, a large movie theater and office building complex

Colorado (song)
"Colorado" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in Dutch by the six-piece group Xandra, fronted by Sandra Reemer.

Colorado Lottery
The Colorado Lottery is run by the government of Colorado. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association .The Colorado Lottery began on January 24, 1983, initially selling only scratch tickets. Its first drawing took place on April 23, 1983

Coloratura
Coloratura has several meanings. The word is originally from Italian, literally meaning "coloring", and derives from the Latin word colorare . When used in English, the term specifically refers to elaborate melody, particularly in vocal music and especially in operatic singing of the 18th and 19th centuries, with runs, trills, wide leaps, or similar virtuoso-like material

Colorblind (Robert Randolph album)
Colorblind is an album by Robert Randolph & the Family Band. It is the group's second studio album.-Track listing:# "Ain't Nothing Wrong With That" - 3:30# "Deliver Me" – 4:30# "Diane" – 3:28# "Angels" – 4:02# "Jesus Is Just Alright" – 5:26

Colored
Colored is a term once widely used in the United States to describe black people and Native Americans

Colored People's Time
Colored People's Time, or CPT, is an American expression referring to a stereotype of Afrian Americans as frequently being late.-In media:

Colorful
is a manga by Torajirō Kishi which was adapted into a 16-episode anime series. The episodes are composed of vignettes typically involving men and teenage boys attempting to catch a glimpse of women's panties and/or look down their blouses. The episodes are fast-paced, experimental in animation and sound and music, manic and very short, about seven minutes each, and filled with comedy

Colorful (Shibata Jun single)
"Colorful" is Jun Shibata's 15th single. It was released on September 12, 2007 and peaked at #15.- Charts :-External links:* — Shibata Jun Official Website

Colorimeter
For articles on Colorimeter see:* Colorimeter * Tristimulus colorimeter

Coloring
Coloring can refer to:* the color/colour, or the act of changing the color/colour of an object,**The act of adding color/colour to the pages of a Coloring book* graph coloring, in mathematics.* hair coloring

Colors (Between the Buried and Me album)
Colors is the fourth album by American heavy metal band Between the Buried and Me, released on September 18, 2007 through Victory Records. The group brought out many different influences within the structure of the songs featured on the album.

Colos
Colos is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Odemira. It has a population of 1,243 and an area of .-References:

Colossal (band)
Colossal was an indie-punk band from Elgin, Illinois. Formed in 2001, they are currently on hiatus. They have one EP and one full-length, and have appeared on multiple compilations

Colossal (band)
Colossal was an indie-punk band from Elgin, Illinois. Formed in 2001, they are currently on hiatus. They have one EP and one full-length, and have appeared on multiple compilations

Colossus
The original meaning of the word colossus is an exceptionally large statue.Colossus may refer to:- Statues :* Any exceptionally large statue such as:** Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Colossus (album)
Colossus is an album by Scorn, originally released in 1994 on Earache Records.- Track listing :# "Endless" – 7:26# "Crimson Seed" – 7:54# "Blackout" – 6:21# "The Sky Is Loaded" – 5:31# "Nothing, Hunger" – 5:47# "Beyond" – 7:24

Colossus (collection)
Colossus: The Collected Science Fiction of Donald Wandrei is a collection of science fiction stories by author Donald Wandrei. It was released in 1989 by Fedogan & Bremer in an edition of 1,000 copies.Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales, Astounding Stories, The Minnesota Quarterly, Thrilling Wonder Stories and Leaves.-1989

Colossus of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek Titan Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC. It is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was constructed to celebrate Rhodes' victory over the ruler of Cyprus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, who unsuccessfully besieged Rhodes in 305 BC

Colostomy
A colostomy is a surgical procedure in which a stoma is formed by drawing the healthy end of the large intestine or colon through an incision in the anterior abdominal wall and suturing it into place. This opening, in conjunction with the attached stoma appliance, provides an alternative channel for feces to leave the body

Colostrum
Colostrum is a form of milk produced by the mammary glands of mammals in late pregnancy. Most species will generate colostrum just prior to giving birth

Colour (album)
Colour, released in 2008, is the third full-length album by British DJ and electronic dance music composer Andy Hunter°. It is the follow-up to his second album Life, as well has his longest album to date; However, Exodus is over 3 minutes longer, so if the album was reissued on two discs, it would be. Any reissues for any of Andy's albums is yet to be confirmed

Colour retention agent
Colour retention agents are food additives that are added to food to prevent the colour from changing. Many of them work by absorbing or binding to oxygen before it can damage food

Coloured
In the South African, Namibian, Zambian, Botswana and Zimbabwean context, the term Coloured refers to an heterogenous ethnic group who possess ancestry from Europe, various Khoisan and Bantu tribes of Southern Africa, West Africa, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaya, India, Mozambique,

Colours (Baccara album)
Colours is the third studio album by Spanish duo Baccara, first released on label RCA-Victor in West Germany in 1979. It contains European single releases "Body Talk"/"By 1999" and "Ay Ay Sailor"

Colours (Eloy album)
-Side Two:# "Child Migration" – 7:23# "Gallery" – 3:08# "Silhouette" – 6:57# "Sunset" – 3:15Bonus tracks on 2005 remaster*"Wings Of Vision" – 4:14*"Silhouette " – 3:30-Personnel:* Klaus-Peter Matziol — Bass, Vocals

Colours (Mark Norman album)
- Credits :* Composer, Producer, Writer: Mark de Jong & Norman Lenden* Artwork and Design By: Jeroen Vos* Mastered By: Pieter De Wagter* Photography: Rick van der Wal- Publishers :* "Colour My Eyes" and "Be With U" are published by D.Y.M

Colours (solitaire)
Colours is a solitaire card game which is played using a deck of playing cards. Its gameplay puts it on the same family as Sir Tommy, Strategy, and Calculation

Colpo
Colpo is a commune in the Morbihan department of the region of Brittany in north-western France.-External links:* * -References:* *

Colportage
Colportage is the distribution of publications, books, religious tracts, etc., by carriers called "colporteurs".The term is an alteration of French comporter, "to peddle" as a portmanteau or pun with the word col , with the resulting meaning "to carry on one's neck". Porter, is from Latin portare, "to carry.""Christ in the Camp", by Dr. J

Colt
-Firearms company and related:*Colt's Manufacturing Company, an American firearm company*Samuel Colt , its founder*Colt revolver, a firearm made by the company*Colt 45 , various meanings stemming from usage as the name of a firearm

Colter
- Place :* a volcanic area, named after John Colter: Colter's Hell* Colter, Arizona, an abandoned town in Apache also established by John Colter.- People :* Jessi Colter , American country music singer* John Colter , American Trapper

Colugo
Colugos are arboreal gliding mammals found in South-east Asia. There are just two extant species, which make up the entire family Cynocephalidae and order Dermoptera. They are the most capable of all gliding mammals, using flaps of extra skin between their legs to glide from higher to lower locations

Columba
Saint Columba —also known as Colum Cille , Colm Cille , Calum Cille and Kolban or Kolbjørn —was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk who propagated Christianity among the Picts during the Early Medieval Period

Columba (e-mail client)
Columba is an open source email client for Unix-like operating systems and Windows, written in Java.- Features :Columba has many features, including:* SMTP, POP3 and IMAP access support* SSL and TLS transmission cryptography support

Columbarium
A columbarium is a place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns . The term comes from the Latin columba and originally referred to compartmentalized housing for doves and pigeons .The Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas is a particularly fine ancient Roman example, rich in frescoes, decorations

Columbia
Columbia may refer to:-Places:* Columbia , a poetic name for the Americas, and the feminine personification of the United States of America* District of Columbia, the federal district in which the capital of the United States is located

Columbia (1871 yacht)
Columbia was the successful defender of the second America's Cup race in 1871 against English challenger Livonia.-Design:Columbia, a wooden centerboard schooner, was designed and built in 1871 by Joseph B. Van Deusen in Chester, PA for owner Franklin Osgood of the New York Yacht Club.-Career:Skippered by Andrew J

Columbia (1899 yacht)
Columbia was the defender of the tenth America's Cup race in 1899 against British challenger Shamrock as well as the defender of the eleventh America's Cup race in 1901 against British challenger, Shamrock II

Columbia (Amtrak station)
The Columbia Amtrak station, located in Columbia, South Carolina, is a passenger rail station served by an Amtrak passenger train, the Silver Star. The street address is 850 Pulaski Street, about three miles southeast of the downtown area

Columbia (Arrow Lakes sternwheeler)
Columbia was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia from 1890 to 1894. Columbia should be distinguished from the many other vessels with the same or similar names, including in particular the propeller-driven steamboat Columbia that ran on the Arrow Lakes for many years.-The Arrow Lakes route:Columbia was the fourth large sternwheeler to run

Columbia (sheep)
The Columbia is one of the first breeds of sheep developed in the United States. The product of USDA and university research, it was intended to be an improved breed specially built for the Western ranges of the country . Beginning in 1912 in Laramie, Wyoming, Lincoln rams were crossed with Rambouillet ewes

Columbiformes
Columbiformes are an avian order that includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, long classified as a second family Raphidae. 313 species, found worldwide, comprise the Columbiformes order. Like many birds, all Columbiformes are monogamous