how to pronounce колония

/kɐˈɫonʲɪjə/

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колония is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of колония in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… ангола бывшая колония португалии …”

meanings of колония

noun:

Colony, settlement.
Corrective colony, penal colony, detention centre.

колония frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word колония occurs in russian on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.