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

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

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

the chief port of Panama, at the Caribbean end of the Panama Canal; population 87,800 (est. 2009). It was founded in 1850 by the American William Aspinwall (1807–55), after whom it was originally named