nnoun.groupa 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 governmentSynset:settlement
Examples:- the American colony in Paris
Derivationally Related Form:colonistcolonizecolonialsettlecolonise
Hypernyms:body
Inherited Hypernyms:colonybodysocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Plantationfrontier settlementoutpostproprietary colony
Instance Hyponyms:Demerara Calpe Gibraltar Rock of Gibraltar New Amsterdam Plymouth Colony
Member Meronyms:colonial
Full Hyponyms:frontier settlementplantationproprietary colony
nnoun.groupa group of organisms of the same type living or growing togetherDerivationally Related Form:colonial
Hypernyms:biological group
Inherited Hypernyms:colonybiological groupgroupabstractionentity
Part Meronyms:caste
nnoun.locationone of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United StatesDerivationally Related Form:colonist
Part Holonyms:America U.S. U.S.A. US USA United States United States of America the States
Hypernyms:geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region
Inherited Hypernyms:colonygeographical arearegionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
Instance Hyponyms:Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts Massachusetts Bay Colony New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia
nnoun.locationa place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentratedExamples:- a nudist colony
- an artists' colony
Hypernyms:place property
Inherited Hypernyms:colonyplacegeographical arearegionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.locationa geographical area politically controlled by a distant countrySynset:dependency
Derivationally Related Form:colonistcolonialdependent
Hypernyms:geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region
Inherited Hypernyms:colonygeographical arearegionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Crown Colony
Instance Hyponyms:Cayman Islands New Netherland
Full Hyponyms:crown colony
nnoun.group(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cellTopic:microbiology
Hypernyms:animal group
Inherited Hypernyms:colonyanimal groupbiological groupgroupabstractionentity