colon

noun

a punctuation mark (:) used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation.

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’.

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.

late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolon .

noun

the basic monetary unit of Costa Rica and El Salvador, equal to 100 centimos in Costa Rica and 100 centavos in El Salvador.

from Cristóbal Colón, the Spanish name of Christopher Columbus (see Columbus, Christopher).