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colony
noun(col-o-ny)
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
Synonyms: dependency,
colony
noun(col-o-ny)
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
Synonyms: settlement,
Examples:
The American colony in Paris.
colony
noun(col-o-ny)
a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
colony
noun(col-o-ny)
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
Examples:
A nudist colony.
An artists' colony.
colony
noun(col-o-ny)
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
colony
noun(col-o-ny)
one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

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