colony
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
colony (plural colonies)
- A governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country.
- A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their place of origin
- Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.
- Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain.
- (India) An apartment complex.
- Our colony is quite small, but each apartment is large.
- A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area
- The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from Germany.
- A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
- ant colony
- a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids
- A local group of Beaver Scouts.
- Cologne (city, n.)
- Crown colony
- cult
- culture
- French: colonie
- German: Kolonie, Pflanzung, Pflanzstadt
- Italian: colonia
- Portuguese: colônia
- Russian: коло́ния
- Spanish: colonia
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