Definition of colony Colony

/kɑˈlʌni/ - [kalunee] - col•o•ny

We found 21 definitions of colony from 7 different sources.

What does colony mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: colonies
colony - 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"
		settlement
		body the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"
		frontier settlement, outpost a settlement on the frontier of civilization
		plantation a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America); "the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century"
		proprietary colony a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)
colony - one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
		geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth
		the states, u.s.a., united states of america, us, america, u.s., united states, usa North America and South America and Central America
colony - a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
		dependency
		geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth
		crown colony a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor
colony - a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
		biological group a group of plants or animals
colony - (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
		animal group a group of animals
colony - a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated; "a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony"

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Wiktionary

colony (Noun)
A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their original place.
colony (Noun)
Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.
colony (Noun)
A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area.
colony (Noun)
A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
colony (Noun)
A collective noun for rabbits.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

colony (n.)
A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.
colony (n.)
The district or country colonized; a settlement.
colony (n.)
A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
colony (n.)
A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

colony
A group of the same species of plants or animals that live or grow close together.
colony
A settlement of people who leave their country to go live in a new land.
colony
A territory under the immediate political control of a state.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

colony
kol′on-i, n. a name somewhat vaguely applied to the foreign dependencies of a state (a Roman colony was a military settlement planted in subject territory; a Greek colony consisted of a band of emigrants impelled to seek a new home, and connected with their mother-city by no stronger tie than that of sentiment): a body of persons who form a fixed settlement in another country: the settlement so formed: the place they inhabit.—adj. Colōn′ial, pertaining to a colony.—n. an inhabitant of a colony, a colonist.—ns. Colōn′ialism, a trait of colonial life or speech; Colonisā′tion, act or practice of colonising: state of being colonised.—v.t. Col′onise, to plant or establish a colony in: to form into a colony.—v.i. to settle.—n. Col′onist, an inhabitant of a colony.—Colonial animals, organisms which cannot be fairly regarded as unities, but consist of numerous individuals united in a common life; Colonial system, the theory that the settlements abroad were to be treated as proprietary domains exploited for the benefit of the mother-country. [L. colonia—colonus, a husbandman—colĕre, to till.]

Wikipedia

A colony is a place controlled by a another country. The metropolitan state is the country that owns the colony. A country which has many colonies is often called an empire. A colonist is a person who lives in a colony.

Colonial means having to do with a colony. Colonial land is land that belongs to the colony. A colonist is sometimes called a colonial. The philosophy of having colonies is called colonialism. There must be many people to start a colony. There are many colonies, or countries that were once colonies, in the world. Countries that were once colonies of Britain are often part of the British Commonwealth.

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colony, noun, singular of colonies.

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