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noun/ˈkəʊlən/, /ˈkəʊlɒn/
/ˈkəʊlən/
- the mark ( : ) used to introduce a list, a summary, an explanation, etc. or before reporting what somebody has said compare semicolonTopics Languagec1
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- (anatomy) the main part of the large intestine (= part of the bowels)Topics Bodyc2
Word Originsense 1 mid 16th cent. (as a term in rhetoric denoting a section of a complex sentence, or a pause before it): via Latin from Greek kōlon ‘limb, clause’.sense 2 late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolon.
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