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COLON, ΚΟΛΟΝΑ means Pile, Pillar, Colon, Erect.

PILE (or better,) PYLE means ΠΥΛΗ, Gate (just think of the pillars left and right of the passage).

The word Colony is of the same origin, just because they were building a Gate to celebrate their triumph passing through.

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