Noun: colon (colons,cola) kow-lun [N. Amer], 'kow,lón [Brit]- The part of the large intestine between the caecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
- A punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
Noun: colón (colones)- The basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
- Costa Rican colón - The basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
- El Salvadoran colón Noun: Colon kow'lón- A port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
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Derived forms: colones, colons Type of: city, Costa Rican monetary unit, El Salvadoran monetary unit, large intestine, metropolis, port, punctuation, punctuation mark [Brit], urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn] Part of: Panama, Republic of Panama Encyclopedia: Colon, Putumayo Colón, Panama |