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Another slang name is caña (Spanish for sugar cane, plural cañas) but this term is more often used in its plural form and for amounts under 100 colones with multiples of ten, except for 5; e.g., 5 cañas, 10 cañas, 20 cañas, etc. This term has become less common.
Colón is a Spanish surname, comparable to the Italian and Portuguese Colombo, or English surname Columbus. Notable people with the surname include: Bartolo Colón (born 1973), Dominican baseball pitcher; Carlos Colón, musician, member of The Deadlines; Carlos Colón (born 1948), Puerto Rican wrestler
The colon, :, is a punctuation mark consisting of two equally sized dots aligned vertically. A colon often precedes an explanation, a list, [1] or a quoted sentence. [2] It is also used between hours and minutes in time, [1] between certain elements in medical journal citations, [3] between chapter and verse in Bible citations, [4] and, in the US, for salutations in business letters and other ...
Jacques Colon (born 1944), Belgian Olympic sports shooter; Javier Colon (born 1978), American singer-songwriter; Johnny Colon, American salsa musician; José Antonio Colon (born 1948), Puerto Rican Olympic boxer; José María Colon (born 1947), Spanish Olympic canoer; Luis Diaz Colon (born 1952), Puerto Rican politician, mayor of Yabucoa 1993 ...
Western style emoticons are mostly written from left to right as though the head is rotated counter-clockwise 90 degrees. One will most commonly see the eyes on the left, followed by the nose (often omitted) and then the mouth. Typically, a colon is used for the eyes of a face, unless winking, in which case a semicolon is used.
Colón (Spanish pronunciation:) is a city and seaport in Panama, beside the Caribbean Sea, lying near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal.It is the capital of Panama's Colón Province and has traditionally been known as Panama's second city.
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On October 1, 1892, the government of President Carlos Ezeta, decided that the Salvadoran peso should be called the 'Colon', in homage to the discoverer of America. The colón replaced the peso at par in 1919. It was initially pegged to the U.S. dollar at a rate of 2 colones = 1 dollar. El Salvador left the gold standard in 1931 and its value ...