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    Col·o·ny
    /ˈkälənē/

    noun

    • 1. a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country: "Japanese forces overran the French colony of Indo-China" Similar territorypossessionholdingdependency
    • 2. a group of people of one nationality or ethnic group living in a foreign city or country: "the British colony in New York" Similar populationcommunity
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  3. Colony definition: a country or territory claimed and forcibly taken control of by a foreign power which sends its own people to settle there. See examples of COLONY used in a sentence.

  4. Definition of colony noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  5. a group of the same type of animals, insects, or plants living together in a particular place: a colony of ants. colony noun [C] (PEOPLE) a group of people with the same interests or job who live together: an artists ' colony. (Definition of colony from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of colony.

  6. Colony definition: a country or territory claimed and forcibly taken control of by a foreign power which sends its own people to settle there. See examples of COLONY used in a sentence.

  7. col·o·ny. (kŏl′ə-nē) n. pl. col·o·nies. 1. a. A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country. b. A territory thus settled. 2. A region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency. 3. a.

  8. Apr 7, 2024 · ( biology) A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association. ant colony; coral colony. a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids. A group of bacteria, fungi or other cells cultured together, especially from a single cell.

  9. Definition of colony noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. colony. noun. /ˈkɑləni/ (pl. 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. Want to learn more?

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