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colony

/ colony /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a group of animals of the same type living together
Type of:
animal group
noun Sense 2
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
Type of:
animal group
Domain:
microbiology
noun Sense 3
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
Type of:
body
Kinds of:
frontier settlement outpost Plantation proprietary colony Demerara
Derived:
settle locate colonize colonise
noun Sense 4
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
Type of:
geographical area geographic area geographical region
Kinds of:
Crown Colony New Netherland
noun Sense 5
one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
Type of:
geographical area geographic area geographical region
Kinds of:
Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts
Has parts:
United States United States of America America
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
28
Times Searched
3
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animal group body frontier settlement outpost Plantation proprietary colony Demerara geographical area geographic area geographical region Crown Colony New Netherland