colonia
Defined in 2 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Burrill (1850)
United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 1479 — under this subchapter
For purposes of this subsection, the term “colonia” means any identifiable community that—
(A) is in the State of Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas;
(B) is in the area of the United States within 150 miles of the border between the United States and Mexico, except that the term does not include any standard metropolitan statistical area that has a population exceeding 1,000,000;
(C) is determined to be a colonia on the basis of objective criteria, including lack of potable water supply, lack of adequate sewage systems, and lack of decent, safe, and sanitary housing; and
(D) was in existence as a colonia before November 28, 1990.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Colonica. L. Lat. A portion of land assigned to a single colonus for cultivation, as a task, (ad unius coloni pensum designata.) Or a country house, with sufficient land for the support of a husbandman and his family. Spelman.