how to pronounce colonial

/kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/

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colonial is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of colonial in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… those to the fallen colonial troops set …”

meaning of colonial

Colonial means relating to or characteristic of a colony.

colonial frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word colonial occurs in english on average 15.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.