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Defenition of the word colony

    • Defenition of the word colony

      • A group of the same species of plants or animals that live or grow close together.
      • A settlement of people who leave their country to go live in a new land.
      • A territory under the immediate political control of a state.
      • a group of animals of the same type living together
      • (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
      • one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
      • a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland
      • a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state
      • 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
      • a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
      • a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
      • 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
      • a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

    Synonyms for the word colony

      • Colony
      • dominion
      • mandate
      • province
      • settlement
      • territorial dominion
      • territory

    Meronymys for the word colony

      • America
      • colonial
      • U.S.
      • U.S.A.
      • United States
      • United States of America
      • US
      • USA

    Hyponyms for the word colony

      • Calpe
      • Connecticut
      • Crown Colony
      • Delaware
      • Demerara
      • frontier settlement
      • Georgia
      • Gibraltar
      • Maryland
      • Massachusetts
      • Massachusetts Bay Colony
      • New Amsterdam
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New Netherland
      • New York
      • North Carolina
      • outpost
      • Pennsylvania
      • Plantation
      • Plymouth Colony
      • proprietary colony
      • Rhode Island
      • Rock of Gibraltar
      • South Carolina
      • Virginia

    Hypernyms for the word colony

      • animal group
      • biological group
      • body
      • geographic area
      • geographic region
      • geographical area
      • geographical region
      • place
      • possession
      • property

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