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- Dictionarycolony/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
- 2. a group of people of one nationality or race living in a foreign place: "the British colony in New York" Similar
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a group of people with a shared interest or job who live together in a way that is separate from other people: an artists ' colony. a nudist colony. biology specialized. a group of animals, insects, or plants of the same type that live together: a colony of ants / termites / bacteria. Fewer examples.
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.
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.
COLONY meaning: 1. a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country that is often far away: 2…. Learn more.
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."
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.
[countable + singular or plural verb] a group of people from the same place or with the same work or interests who live in a particular city or country or who live together. The American colony in Paris was/were looking forward to this event. an artists’ colony.
