コロニア

noun

immigrant settlement; colonia

Specifically refers to Japanese immigrant communities in South America, especially Brazil. Often used in compound terms like コロニア語 (the Japanese-Portuguese mixed language spoken in these communities).

from Portuguese colônia

See also: コロニア語

• ブラジルのコロニアでは、今いまでも日に本ほんの伝でん統とう行ぎょう事じが行おこなわれている。

  In the Japanese immigrant settlements in Brazil, traditional Japanese events are still held.

• 彼かれはサンパウロのコロニアで育そだった。

  He grew up in the Japanese community in São Paulo.