Colon

Meaning

Noun

●

In Punctuation marks:

The

punctuation mark

⟨:⟩.

●

The

(especially in

of not

type the

●

In Rhetoric:

which is

, but not

, complete.

●

In Palaeography:

or group of

as a

, or

as a

or texts.

●

In Anatomy:

Part of the

; the

of the

, after (distal to) the

ileum

and before (proximal to) the

. (Because the

is the

part of the

(constituting most of it), it is often

usage.)

●

A husbandman.

●

A European

colonial

settler

, especially in a French colony.

Name

●

A surname.

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Origin

colon

English

colon

Latin

κόλον

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

κώλον

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

κῶλον

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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Rhymes

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Colon

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