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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.
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.
A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. [1][2] Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, the rule remains separate to the original country of the colonizers, the metropolitan state (or "mother country"), which together have often been organized as colonial empires, particularly with the development of modern imperialism and ...
[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.
colony. (ˈkɒlənɪ) n, pl -nies. 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a body of people who settle in a country distant from their homeland but maintain ties with it. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the community formed by such settlers. 3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a subject territory occupied by a settlement from the ruling state.
COLONY meaning: 1 : an area that is controlled by or belongs to a country and is usually far away from it; 2 : a group of people sent by a country to live in such a colony.
Definitions of 'colony' 1. A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country. [...] 2. You can refer to a place where a particular group of people lives as a particular kind of colony. [...] 3. The colonies means all the countries that used to be British colonies. [British, old-fashioned] [...] More. Synonyms of 'colony'
