colon
noun
[ ˈkəʊlən ]
• a punctuation mark (:) used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation.
Origin:
mid 16th century (as a term in rhetoric denoting a section of a complex sentence, or a pause before it): via Latin from Greek kōlon ‘limb, clause’.
colon
noun
• the main part of the large intestine, which passes from the caecum to the rectum and absorbs water and electrolytes from food which has remained undigested.
Origin:
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolon .
colón
noun
• the basic monetary unit of Costa Rica and El Salvador, equal to 100 centimos in Costa Rica and 100 centavos in El Salvador.
Origin:
from Cristóbal Colón, the Spanish name of Christopher Columbus (see Columbus, Christopher).
