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colony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dependency |
| Type of | geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region |
| Has types | crown colony |
| Derivation | colonial, colonist |
colony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | settlement |
| Type of | body |
| Has types | outpost, plantation, frontier settlement, proprietary colony |
| Derivation | colonize, colonial, colonise, colonist |
the American colony in Paris.
colony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | biological group |
| Derivation | colonial |
colony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | animal group |
colony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | geographical region, geographical area, geographic area, geographic region |
| Derivation | colonist |
Examples of colony
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The eastern coastal area of Libya, called Cyrenaica, was once an Italian colony.
From the cnn.com
Niger was a French colony until 1960, and French is the dominant language there.
From the news-journalonline.com
Now we wait and see if she adapts to her new home, and the colony adapts to her.
From the sfgate.com
One varroa mite has the capacity to take down an entire colony almost instantly.
From the suntimes.com
Many passengers have signed up for the long bumpy ride to a king penguin colony.
From the telegraph.co.uk
My house is close to a colony of over 15,000 brown and grey headed flying foxes.
From the newscientist.com
Even so, long-term reaction to the disturbances may affect the colony adversely.
From the time.com
The biggest colony is a bachelor colony that lives in the Orient Mine near here.
From the denverpost.com
Mites and disease have been blamed for colony collapse disorder among honeybees.
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- A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris"
- A group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
- One of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
- A place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated; "a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony"
- A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
- (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
- In politics and history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a state. For colonies in antiquity, city-states would often found their own colonies. ...
- COLONY is an independent artist-run non-commercial art gallery based in Birmingham, England.
- In biology, a colony refers to several individual organisms of the same species living closely together, usually for mutual benefit, such as stronger defence or the ability to attack bigger prey. Some insects (ants and honey bees, for example) live only in colonies. ...
