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colony
1[ kol-uh-nee ]
noun
- a 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
the American colony in London
an artists' colony
- 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 Word Forms
- ··DZ··Բ noun plural semicolonies
- ܲ·DZ··Բ noun plural subcolonies
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of colony1
Example Sentences
“We are neither a protectorate nor a colony of any foreign nation.”
In an interview with Le Monde on Thursday, Haitian writer Monique Clesca said that France is "losing influence in the world, particularly in Africa. Its former colonies are turning their backs on it".
Honeybees — which are once again making headlines after commercial beekeepers reported record colony losses this year — are another species humans tend to rally behind for various reasons.
Namibia is a former colony of Germany, and was under the rule of South Africa's white-minority regime until it gained independence in 1990.
Navalny was found dead in a penal colony in the Arctic Circle last year.
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