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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) village, small town, settlement
a community of people smaller than a town
3. (noun) settlement
a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
4. (noun) colonization, colonisation, settlement
the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
"the British colonization of America"
5. (noun) settlement, resolution, closure
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
"they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
6. (noun) settlement
an area where a group of families live together
7. (noun) liquidation, settlement
termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
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