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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 territorypossessionholdingdependency
    • 2. a group of people of one nationality or race living in a foreign place: "the British colony in New York" Similar populationcommunity

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

  3. 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.

  4. 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. 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. Definitions on the go.

  6. a group of animals, insects, or plants of the same type that live together: a colony of ants / termites / bacteria. Fewer examples. Many behavioral patterns have been identified in the chimp colony. India was a British colony. Australia and New Zealand are former British colonies.

  7. 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.

  8. A group of the same kind of animals, plants, or one-celled organisms living or growing together: a colony of ants; a colony of bacteria.

  9. a number of people coming from the same country, or speaking the same language, residing in a foreign country or city, or a particular section of it; enclave the Polish colony in Israel the American colony in Paris

  10. Jul 21, 2024 · A group of people who settle such an area and maintain ties to their native country, and (later) their descendants. A group of people, of one nationality, ethnic group, or language, residing in a different country, city, or area; the area such people occupy. a colony of British expats in Spain.

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