Quick Definition
κολωνία, ας, ἡ n.f. a colony, garrison city
Strong's Definition
of Latin origin; a Roman "colony" for veterans
KJV Usage: colony
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας
1.90 · Geographical Objects and Features · Population Centers
colony a city or town with special privileges in that the inhabitants of such a town were regarded as Roman citizens (such towns were originally colonized by citizens of Rome) A translational equivalent of ‘colony’ is frequently a phrase, for example, ‘a city where people were Romans’ or ‘a city of people who regarded Rome as their hometown.’
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κολώνια (RG Tr), κολωνία (LT WH KC [ef. Chandler αὶ 951), [Tdf. edd. 2, 7 -νεια ; see his note on Acts as below, and cf. εἰ, 1], -as, ἡ, (a Lat. word), a colony: in Acts xvi. 12 the city of Philippi is so called, where Octavianus had planted a Roman colony (cf. Dio Cass. 51,4; Digest. 50, tit. 15, 8). The exegetical difficulties of this pass. are best removed, as Meyer shows, by connecting κολωνία closely with πρώτη πόλις, the chief city, a [Roman] colony (a colonial city); [but cf. Bp. Lghtft. Com. on Philip. p- 50 sq. ].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κολωνία kolōnia 1x
a Roman colony, Acts 16:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† κολωνία, (Rec. -ώνια), -ας, ἡ
(< Lat. colonia),
a colony: Ac 16:12 (v. Lft., Phi., 50 f.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κολωνία. This designation is given to a settlement of veteran soldiers, established by Severus and Caracalla in the neighbourhood of the village Kerkesoucha in the Fayim, Cérvest. I. 461 (beginning of iii/A.D.) : cf. also P Oxy III. 653 (A.D. 160-2) (κολωνεία 615) and 126. XII. 1508 (ii/A.D.), which throws light on the manner in which the land was obtained. On the whole position of these co/onzae, see Wilcken Archiv v. P- 433 f., and the introd. to P Giss I. 60, p. 29. A fourth century inscr. from Eaccaea, Kazbel 908°, ends—ettvx (rw ἡ κολωνία.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κολωνία (kolōnia) — Roman colony. κολωνία, ἡ, grave (from Elean), [Refs 5th c.AD+]
II. = Latin colonia, [NT]; compare κολωνεία: κολωνεία, ἡ, = Latin colonia, [Refs 2nd c.AD+], etc.;.