What does Colonial mean?
Definitions for Colonial
kəˈloʊ ni əlcolo·nial
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Princeton's WordNet
colonialadjective
a resident of a colony
colonialadjective
of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
colonialadjective
of animals who live in colonies, such as ants
colonial, compoundadjective
composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
"coral is a colonial organism"
Wiktionary
colonialnoun
A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
colonialnoun
A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England.
colonialadjective
of or pertaining to a colony.
colonialadjective
of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.
colonialadjective
of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.
colonialadjective
of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution
ChatGPT
colonial
Colonial pertains to or is characteristic of a colony or colonies, mainly used to refer to the period when a certain territory or country was under the political control of another distant country. It may also refer to the system by which countries maintain and establish colonies and exploit them for resources. It can additionally describe something that is influenced or shaped by these respective colonial periods, such as architecture, culture, or history.
Webster Dictionary
Colonialadjective
of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars
Etymology: [Cf. F. colonial.]
Wikidata
Colonial
The Colonial, also known as the Colonial Express, was a service of the Pennsylvania Railroad and New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad between Union Station in Washington, DC and South Station in Boston, Massachusetts. It was operated until 1973 by Amtrak.
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Rank popularity for the word 'Colonial' in Adjectives Frequency: #747
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Colonial in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Colonial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Colonial in a Sentence
Our study demonstrates that since the colonial time, mining and metallurgic activities performed by the Spanish didalsohave an impacton very distant areas.
That is why a lot of communities of color get resistant to certain environmentalist movements because they come with the colonial lens on them.
If you say, okay, you want to go to Mars, you're going to want to offer something, if you look at Colonial America, a middle-class person could travel to Colonial America by liquidating their farm. But, the proceeds would give them a one-way ticket. But if you are working, what you could do is sell your labor for seven years.
The crimes of German colonial rule have long burdened relations with Namibia. There can be no closing of the book on the past. However, the recognition of guilt and our request for apology is an important step towards coming to terms with the crimes and shaping the future together.
He ruled Senegal through terror, burning villages and massacring people, yet despite that he continues to be glorified in Lille, we want the Faidherbe statue removed from public space. We need to stop glorifying racist colonial figures.
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Translations for Colonial
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- استعماريArabic
- колониаленBulgarian
- colonialCatalan, Valencian
- koloniálníCzech
- kolonialDanish
- kolonialGerman
- αποικιακόςGreek
- koloniaEsperanto
- colonialSpanish
- siirtomaa-Finnish
- colonialFrench
- coilíneachIrish
- gyarmatiHungarian
- kolonialIndonesian
- colonialeItalian
- coloniaeLatin
- koloni, kolonial, jajahanMalay
- koloniaalDutch
- kolonialNorwegian
- kolonialnyPolish
- colonialPortuguese
- colonialRomanian
- колониа́льныйRussian
- kolonialSwedish
- காலனித்துவTamil
- వలసTelugu
- โคโลเนียลThai
- sömürgeTurkish
- thuộc địaVietnamese
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