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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024col•o•ny /ˈkɑləni/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -nies. - Governmenta group of people who leave their native country to form a settlement in a new land that is to be connected with the parent nation:The colony was poor and suffered greatly.
- Governmentthe country or district so settled:Virginia was one of the first of the English colonies.
- American Historythe Colonies, the British colonies that formed the original 13 states of the United States.
- a group of individuals coming from the same country or having the same interests, living in a particular place:the American colony in Paris.
- a group of people forced to live apart from society, because of disease or criminal behavior:a leper colony; a penal colony.
- Ecologya group of organisms of the same kind in the same area.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024col•o•ny (kol′ə nē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nies. - Governmenta group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.
- Governmentthe country or district settled or colonized:Many Western nations are former European colonies.
- Governmentany people or territory separated from but subject to a ruling power.
- American History the Colonies, those British colonies that formed the original 13 states of the United States: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
- a number of people coming from the same country, or speaking the same language, residing in a foreign country or city, or a particular section of it;
enclave:the Polish colony in Israel; the American colony in Paris. - any group of individuals having similar interests, occupations, etc., usually living in a particular locality;
community:a colony of artists. - the district, quarter, or dwellings inhabited by any such number or group:The Greek island is now an artists' colony.
- Microbiologyan aggregation of bacteria growing together as the descendants of a single cell.
- Ecologya group of organisms of the same kind living or growing in close association.
- Latin colōnia, equivalent. to colōn(us) colonus + -ia -y3
- Middle French)
- Middle English colonie (1350–1400
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged body, band.
Col•o•ny (kol′ə nē),USA pronunciation n. - Place Names The, a city in NE Texas. 11,586.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Colonies /ˈkɒlənɪz/ pl n the Colonies ⇒ - Brit the subject territories formerly in the British Empire
- US the 13 states forming the original United States of America when they declared their independence (1776). These were Connecticut, North and South Carolina, Delaware, Georgia, New Hampshire, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and New Jersey
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: colony /ˈkɒlənɪ/ n ( pl -nies)- a body of people who settle in a country distant from their homeland but maintain ties with it
- the community formed by such settlers
- a subject territory occupied by a settlement from the ruling state
- a community of people who form a national, racial, or cultural minority: an artists' colony, the American colony in London
- the area itself
- a group of the same type of animal or plant living or growing together, esp in large numbers
- a group of bacteria, fungi, etc, derived from one or a few spores, esp when grown on a culture medium
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin colōnia, from colere to cultivate, inhabit |