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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 meaning: 1. a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country that is often far away: 2…. Learn more.
a group of the same type of animal or plant living or growing together, esp in large numbers. b. an interconnected group of polyps of a colonial organism. 6. bacteriology. a group of bacteria, fungi, etc, derived from one or a few spores, esp when grown on a culture medium. Collins English Dictionary.
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 ...
colony. 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.
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.
