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1. (n.) colony
a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.
2. colony
the country or district so settled.
3. colony
any people or territory separated from but subject to a ruling power.
4. colony
the Colonies, those British colonies that formed the original 13 states of the United States.
5. colony
a group of individuals having the same national origin or similar interests, occupations, etc., living in a particular locality:
a colony of artists.
6. colony
a group of people forced to live isolated from society, as because of disease or criminal behavior.
7. colony
the place or dwellings inhabited by such a group.
8. colony
an aggregation of bacteria growing together as the descendants of a single cell.
9. colony
a group of organisms of the same kind living or growing in close association.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME colonie (< MF) < L colōnia <colōn(us) farmer <colere to inhabit, cultivate)
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| Definition of 'colony' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) colony, settlement
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
"the American colony in Paris"
2. (noun) colony
a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
3. (noun) Colony
one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
4. (noun) colony
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
"a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony"
5. (noun) colony, dependency
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
6. (noun) colony
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
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1. (noun) colony
a country controlled by another country
a former British colony
2. colony
a group of people with common interests living together
a colony of writers
3. colony
a group of animals living together
a colony of ants/bees
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| Definition of 'colony' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) colony
a company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America
2. (noun) colony
the district or country colonized; a settlement
3. (noun) colony
a company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris
4. (noun) colony
a number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range
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Sense: (a group of people who form) a settlement in one country etc which is under the rule of another country
France used to have many colonies in Africa.
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 Afrikaans: kolonie |
 Arabic: مُسْتَعْمَرَه |
 Bulgarian: колония |
 Brazilian: colônia |
 Czech: kolonie |
 German: die Kolonie |
 Danish: koloni |
 Greek: αποικία |
 Spanish: colonia |
 Estonian: asundus, asumaa |
 Farsi: مستعمره |
 Finnish: siirtokunta |
 French: colonie |
 Hebrew: מוֹשָבָה |
 Hindi: उपनिवेश |
 Croatian: kolonija, naseobina |
 Hungarian: gyarmat |
 Indonesian: koloni |
 Icelandic: nÿlenda |
 Italian: colonia |
 Japanese: 植民地 |
 Korean: 식민지 |
 Lithuanian: kolonija |
 Latvian: kolonija |
 Malay: koloni |
 Dutch: kolonie |
 Norwegian: koloni |
 Polish: kolonia |
 Persian: مستعمره |
 Pashto: مستعمره، يوه ډله خلك چه ب |
 Portuguese: colónia |
 Romanian: colonie |
 Russian: колония |
 Slovak: kolónia |
 Slovenian: kolonija |
 Serbian: kolonija |
 Swedish: koloni |
 Thai: ประชาชนในอาณานิคม |
 Turkish: sömürge, koloni |
 Taiwanese: 殖民地 |
 Ukrainian: колонія; поселення |
 Urdu: نو آبادی |
 Vietnamese: thuộc địa |
 Chinese: 殖民地 |
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