what does colon mean in spanish?
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When the word colon is used in a spanish hotel name what does it mean?
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updated Dec 11, 2011
posted by cleopatra1956
Welcome to SD - it will help if you let us know what your first language is in your profile. - ian-hill, Dec 11, 2011
Thank you , English is my first language - cleopatra1956, Dec 11, 2011
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It is the real name for Christopher Columbus.
updated Dec 11, 2011
posted by ian-hill
Beat me by 28 seconds! ;) - Tosh, Dec 11, 2011
:) :) - ian-hill, Dec 11, 2011
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The tilde is very important with this word
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Annierats is right! Unless you use a tilde over the last O, you are saying "The Large Intestine Hotel." Colon and Colón are two different words.
updated Dec 11, 2011
edited by 005faa61
posted by 005faa61
Like año ;) - Tosh, Dec 11, 2011
Thank you, it is a hotel entitled Colon Guanahani - cleopatra1956, Dec 11, 2011
Oh thank you, Julian, sometimes I think I have a most unfortunate vocabulary. - annierats, Dec 11, 2011
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El Hotel Colón
The Columbus Hotel
updated Dec 11, 2011
posted by Tosh
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I thought it was the large intestine, but I grant you tha t I would not particularily want to stay in a hotel of that name.
updated Dec 11, 2011
posted by annierats
Christopher Columbus is the right solution for hotels! - annierats, Dec 11, 2011
oh annierats you have touched a nerve there ............ I have just hd bandng to piles and my boyfriend came to see me offering this name of hotel to stay in on our hols!! :)) - cleopatra1956, Dec 11, 2011
Cleopatra, how funny. You'll recover in no time! - annierats, Dec 11, 2011
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Hi and welcome to the forum. I believe it means Colombus (as in the last name).
updated Dec 11, 2011
posted by sanlee
