"koloni" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-koloni.flac Forms: koloni class IX [canonical], koloni class X [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English colon. Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|en|colon}} Borrowed from English colon Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} koloni class IX (plural koloni class X)
  1. colon (punctuation mark) Categories (topical): Imperialism, Punctuation marks Synonyms: nukta mbili, nukta pacha
    Sense id: en-koloni-sw-noun-mrzKN439 Disambiguation of Imperialism: 83 17 Disambiguation of Punctuation marks: 97 3 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Related terms: ritifaa, apostrofi (alt: '; ’), mabano ya mraba (alt: { }), mabano ya maua (alt: [ ]), nukta mbili, nukta pacha, alama ya mkato, koma (alt: ,), kistariungio (alt: ‒; –; —; ―), alama ya mshangao (alt: !), alama ya mkwaju (alt: ), kistariungio (alt: -; ‐), mabano, parandesi, braketi (alt: ( )), nukta (alt: .), alama ya swali (alt: ?), alama ya kunukuu (alt: ‘ ’ ‚; „), nukta mkato (alt: ;), alama ya mkwaju (alt: /)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-koloni.flac Forms: koloni class V [canonical], makoloni class VI [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English colony. Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|en|colony}} Borrowed from English colony Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} koloni class V (plural makoloni class VI)
  1. colony Derived forms: mkoloni (english: colonialist), mkoloni (english: colonialism)
    Sense id: en-koloni-sw-noun-sw:colony
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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