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   colony

   /ˈkɒləni/

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   • 1. a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country: "Japanese forces overran the French colony of Indo-China" Similar territorypossessionholdingdependencyprovincedominionprotectoratesatellite (state)settlementoutposthistorical:tributaryfief
   • ▪ a group of people living in a colony, consisting of the original settlers and their descendants and successors: "the colony looked forward to fifty or more years of autonomy"
   • ▪ all the foreign countries or areas formerly under British political control: "many poachers were exiled to the colonies"
   • ▪ another term for Thirteen Colonies British
   • 2. a group of people of one nationality or race living in a foreign place: "the British colony in New York" Similar populationcommunity
   • ▪ a place where a group of people with the same occupation or interest live together: "a nudist colony" Similar communityassociationcommunesettlementquarterdistrictsectionghetto
   • ▪ a housing estate or residential community, especially one originally constructed by an employer for its workers: South Asian "a large housing colony has already been built"
   • 3. a community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure: "a colony of seals"
   • ▪ a group of fungi or bacteria grown from a single spore or cell on a culture medium.

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a settlement formed mainly of retired soldiers, acting as a garrison in newly conquered territory in the Roman Empire): from Latin colonia ‘settlement, farm’, from colonus ‘settler, farmer’, from colere ‘cultivate’.

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   What does colony mean?

   • Colony definition: a country or territory claimed and forcibly taken control of by a foreign power which sends its own people to settle there. See examples of COLONY used in a sentence.

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   What does Colonia mean?

   • colonia, colonia [feminine]… colônia, colônia [feminine]… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! COLONY definition: 1. a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country that is often far away: 2….

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   What is a colony based on?

   • The colonies means the 13 British colonies in North America which formed the original United States. On the eve of the Revolution, the colonies produced thirty thousand tons of crude iron a year. A colony of birds, insects, or animals is a group of them that live together. The caterpillars feed in large colonies.

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   What is the plural of colony?

   • , plural col·o·nies. Many African nations are former European colonies. The Spanish colony in Mexico was numerous, powerful, and rich. any people or territory separated from but subject to a ruling power.

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   Which country was a British colony?

   • India was a British colony. Australia and New Zealand are former British colonies. Europe saw its colonies as a source of raw material and a malleable workforce. Peru was colonized by the Spanish in the 16th century. A minimum of 200 colonies were analyzed for each plasmid tested at each temperature.

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   What was a colony looking forward to?

   • The colony was/were looking forward to fifty or more years of autonomy. The American colony in Paris was/were looking forward to this event. A colony of seals was/were lying about on the rocks. The birds nest in huge colonies. Some of the insects will leave to form a new colony.

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   1. 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. the country or district settled or colonized.

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   noun. /ˈkɒləni/. /ˈkɑːləni/. (plural colonies) [countable] a country or an area that is governed by people from another, more powerful, country. former British colonies. the Declaration of Independence of the 13 colonies and the creation of the United States. Extra Examples.

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    A colony is a country controlled by a more powerful country, a place where a group of people lives, or a type of animal society. Learn more about the word colony, its synonyms, pronunciation, collocations, and examples from Collins Dictionary.