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colony

co·lony

UK/ˈkɒl.ə.ni/ US/ˈkɔlənɪj/ fairly common

noun

1.

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

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2.

a group of animals of the same type living together

3.

one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

4.
5.

(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

Origin

From Middle English colane, colonye, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

Phrases

  • ant colony types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)
  • artificial bee colony types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)
  • bird colony types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)
  • Cape Colony types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)
  • cat colony types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)
  • Colony of Virginia types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)
  • crown colony types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)
  • Delft Colony types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)
  • The Colony

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