Colony

Quick meaning: Colony is a noun meaning A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.

Meaning

A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.

More Meanings

1. A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
2. A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
3. (biology) A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
4. (India) An apartment complex or neighborhood.
5. A local group of Beaver Scouts.
6. A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.
7. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To colonize.

Example Sentences

a colony of British expats in Spain

Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain.

The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from Germany.

a nudist colony; the statue was put up right in the middle of the artist colony

Word Forms

• colonies
• colonying
• colonied

Synonyms for colony

Depending on context, synonyms include mandate, territory, settlement, dominion, province.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include province, territory, mandate, settlement, dominion, colonization.

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