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   colony

   /ˈkɒləni/

   noun

   • 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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   COLONY definition: 1. a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country that is often far away: 2…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of COLONY is an area over which a foreign nation or state extends or maintains control; also : a group of people who establish residence in that area and who retain ties with the parent state. How to use colony in a sentence.

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   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.

5. en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › ColonyColony - Wikipedia

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   A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCOLONY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   COLONY meaning: 1. a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country that is often far away: 2…. Learn more.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCOLONY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   6 meanings: 1. a body of people who settle in a country distant from their homeland but maintain ties with it 2. the community.... Click for more definitions.

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   A colony is a group of people who settle in a new place but keep ties to their homeland. The people who founded the United States first came to America to live as part of a British colony. Colony comes from the Latin colonia, meaning "settled land, farm."

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishcolony noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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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. Topics History b2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Join us.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishCOLONY | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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    COLONY definition: 1. a country or area controlled in an official, political way by a more powerful country: 2. a…. Learn more.

11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › colonycolony | meaning of colony in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

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    colony meaning, definition, what is colony: a country or area that is under the poli...: Learn more.