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colony
1[kol-uh-nee]
noun
plural
coloniesa country or territory claimed and forcibly taken control of by a foreign power which sends its own people to settle there.
Many African nations are former European colonies.
a group of people who leave their native country to form a settlement in a territory that their own government has claimed and forcibly taken control of.
The Spanish colony in Mexico was numerous, powerful, and rich.
any people or territory separated from but subject to a ruling power.
the Colonies, the British territories that formed the original 13 states of the United States: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
a number of people coming from the same country or speaking the same language, residing in a foreign country or city or in a particular section of it; enclave.
There is a sizable Polish colony in Israel.
any group of individuals having similar interests, occupations, etc., usually living in a particular locality; community.
After college she joined a colony of artists in Florence.
the district, quarter, or dwellings inhabited by such a group.
The Greek island is now an artists' colony.
Synonyms: ,Microbiology.a collection or mass of bacteria growing together as the descendants of a single cell.
Ecology.a group of organisms of the same kind living or growing in close association.
Colony
2[kol-uh-nee]
noun
The, a city in NE Texas.
colony
/ ˈɒəɪ /
noun
a body of people who settle in a country distant from their homeland but maintain ties with it
the community formed by such settlers
a subject territory occupied by a settlement from the ruling state
a community of people who form a national, racial, or cultural minority
an artists' colony
the American colony in London
the area itself
zoology
a group of the same type of animal or plant living or growing together, esp in large numbers
an interconnected group of polyps of a colonial organism
bacteriol a group of bacteria, fungi, etc, derived from one or a few spores, esp when grown on a culture medium
colony
A group of the same kind of animals, plants, or one-celled organisms living or growing together. Organisms live in colonies for their mutual benefit, and especially their protection. Multicellular organisms may have evolved out of colonies of unicellular organisms.
Other 51Թ Forms
- semicolony noun
- subcolony noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of colony1
Example Sentences
Somalia, a former Italian colony, has experienced a prolonged period of civil war after the government of President Siad Barre collapsed in January 1991.
Six months into that sentence, representatives from the Russian military came to the penal colony and told the convicts they had an opportunity to turn a new page in their lives.
“I have the feeling that the first moon colony we establish will be watching ‘I Love Lucy,’” Smith wrote.
He compared the ICC to the antisemitic conspiracy that sent Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, to the penal colony on Devil's Island for treason in 1894.
Western Sahara is a mineral-rich former Spanish colony that has been fought over for five decades in what is one of Africa's longest frozen conflicts.
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