colon in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
colon in Hindi हिन्दी
colon in Marathi मराठी
colon in Nepali नेपाली
colon in Sindhi سنڌي
colon in Tamil தமிழ்
colon in English
- colon⇄colon (1), noun, pl.-lons(for 1,)-la(for 2.)
1. a mark (:) of punctuation. Colons are used before explanations, lists, and long quotations to set them off from the rest of the sentence. A colon is also used after the salutation of a business letter. - colon⇄colon (2), noun, pl.-lons,-la.
the part of the large intestine in which solid waste is accumulated and prepared for elimination from the body. It extends from the cecum to the rectum. - colon⇄colon (3), noun, pl.-lons,-lones.
1. the unit of money of Costa Rica, equal to 100 centimos.
2. the unit of money of El Salvador, equal to 100 centavos. - colon⇄colon (4), noun.
(French.) a French colonial; settler; planter.
Ex. To him, the enemy was not France but the land-owning French in Algeria, the colons (Manchester Guardian). - colon⇄colon, noun, pl.-lones.
(Spanish.) colon, the unit of money of Costa Rica or El Salvador.