Colonie
Proper noun
Meaning
Colonie
A town and village in Albany County, New York.
Examples
Crossgates Mall in Guilderland and Colonie Center in Colonie with over one million square feet of rentable space in each.
La Colonie omits a casualty figure in his Chronicles of an old Campaigner; but Saint-Simon in his Memoirs states 4,000 killed, adding 'many others were wounded and many important persons were taken prisoner'.
La Colonie: The Chronicles of an old Campaigner, 306 By about 15:00 the Swiss had been pushed out of the village into the marshes beyond.
La Colonie: The Chronicles of an old Campaigner, 316 The retreat became a rout.
Prior to the ValleyCats' arrival, the Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs (1995–2002) played at Heritage Park in Colonie; due to financial pressures, and facing impending competition from the ValleyCats, the franchise folded in 2002.
The accomplished French officer, Colonel de la Colonie, standing on the plain nearby remembered – "this village was the opening of the engagement, and the fighting there was almost as murderous as the rest of the battle put together."