colony en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈkɔl.ə.ni/ (Australia)
- /ˈkɑ.lə.ni/ (US)
- /ˈkɔl.ə.ni/ (US)
- /ˈkɒl.ə.ni/ (UK)
- /ˈkɔlənɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony 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)”). Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and Köln.
Meanings
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A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That in every Town in the Colony, where Bread is Baken for Sale, there ſhall be Choſen one Clerk of the Market, or more, as each Town ſhall find needful, at their Annual Election of Town Officers, who ſhall duly be Engaged, to the faithful performance of ſaid Office, as other Town Officers are ;[…]
1719, “An ACT, Stating the due Aſſize of Bread”, in The Charter Granted by His Majeſty, King Charles the Second, to the Colony of Rhode-Iſland, and Providence-plantations in America, John Allen, page 59:Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies.
Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain.
[…] money problems and refusal to supply them with British coins were two big reasons why the thirteen colonies rebelled and declared their independence.
1939, Frederic Majer, Our Country's Money:
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A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
a colony of British expats in Spain
The question of ecclesiastical jurisdiction had to be answered before the colony sailed for East Florida.
2006, Kenneth H. Beeson Jr., Fromajadas and Indigo: The Minorcan Colony in Florida, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN:The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from Germany.
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A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
a leper colony on the outskirts of town; most buildings in the penal colony were made of concrete
a nudist colony; the statue was put up right in the middle of the artist colony
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A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
colonies of stem cells
ant colony; coral colony
In the small hours came the fetid smell of a flying-fox colony.
1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 64:a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids
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(India) An apartment complex or neighborhood.
Our colony is quite small, but each apartment is large.
- A local group of Beaver Scouts.
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A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.
That weekend in 2013, fraternity members from Baruch, a commuter school in Manhattan whose Pi Delta Psi colony was only about three years old, gathered in a large rental house in Tunkhannock Township, Pa. Early on a frigid morning, Mr. Deng followed the other pledges in putting on a blindfold and backpack.
2018 January 7, Rick Rojas, “A Partial Win for Prosecutors Who Targeted Fraternity After Student’s Death”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| colonies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
ant colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · Jewish colony (other derivatives) · polony (other derivatives) · cat colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · bird colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · colony collapse disorder (other derivatives) · coloniarch (other derivatives) · leper colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · Colony of Virginia (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · subcolony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · intercolony (other derivatives) · Cape Colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · colony-forming unit (other derivatives) · supercolony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · colonial (other derivatives) · microcolony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · rolony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · neo-colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · nudist colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · Roanoke Colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · Orange River Colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · colonize (other derivatives) · colonigenic (other derivatives) · space colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · colony counter (other derivatives) · The Colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · colonist (other derivatives) · freedom colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · Mexican Colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · Delft Colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · lunar colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · autocolony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · colonyhood (other derivatives) · O'Neill colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · monocolony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · intracolony (other derivatives) · pseudocolony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (other derivatives) · endogenous erythroid colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · paleocolony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · penal colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · semi-colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · megacolony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · Lost Colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · colonialism (other derivatives) · crown colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · colonise (other derivatives) · colony-stimulating factor (other derivatives) · macrocolony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · artificial bee colony (types of colony (these should probably be listed as hyponyms...)) · coloner (other derivatives)
Descendants
Hyponyms
factory (foreign-dominated enclave) · trading post (foreign-dominated enclave) · fondaco (foreign-dominated enclave)
Relateds
culture · metropole · Cologne · Crown colony · cult
Translations (165)
bg коло́ния (region or governmental unit) · kk отарлау саясаты (region or governmental unit) · bn উপনিবেশ (region or governmental unit) · ja 群体 (group of organisms) · vi tập đoàn (group of organisms) · th อาณานิคม (region or governmental unit) · kk колония (region or governmental unit) · vi thuộc địa (region or governmental unit) · pt colônia (region or governmental unit) · uz koloniya (region or governmental unit) · it colonia (region or governmental unit) · mk колонија (group of organisms) · th เมืองขึ้น (region or governmental unit) · et koloonia (region or governmental unit) · fi siirtomaa (region or governmental unit) · id koloni (region or governmental unit) · ur نَوآبادی (region or governmental unit) · my ကိုလိုနီ (region or governmental unit) · sk kolónia (region or governmental unit) · eo kolonio (group of organisms) · cs kolonie (group of organisms) · nb koloni (region or governmental unit) · he מוֹשָׁבָה (region or governmental unit) · kmr kolonî (region or governmental unit) · sv koloni (group of organisms) · tr koloni (region or governmental unit) · hy գաղութ (region or governmental unit) · ja 植民地 (region or governmental unit) · ms jajahan (region or governmental unit) · az koloniya (group of organisms) · he קוֹלוֹנְיָה (region or governmental unit) · pt colônia (group of organisms) · ro colonie (region or governmental unit) · pl kolonia (group of organisms) · ja コロニー (group of organisms) · bg коло́ния (group of organisms) · ky колония (region or governmental unit) · ur مُسْتَعْمَرَہ (region or governmental unit) · sh kòlōnija (region or governmental unit) · km អាណានិគម (region or governmental unit) · sl kolonija (region or governmental unit) · hy գաղութ (group of organisms) · uk коло́нія (group of organisms) · cy cytref (group of organisms) · ca colònia (region or governmental unit) · ru поселе́ние (region or governmental unit) · kk отар (group of organisms) · ga coilíneacht (region or governmental unit) · az müstəmləkə (region or governmental unit) · uk коло́нія (region or governmental unit) · gl colonia (region or governmental unit) · sl kolonija (group of organisms) · cs kolonie (region or governmental unit) · mn колони (region or governmental unit) · kmr mêtingeh (region or governmental unit) · yue 殖民地 (region or governmental unit) · sk kolónia (group of organisms) · nl kolonie (region or governmental unit) · sq koloni (region or governmental unit) · es colonia (group of organisms) · fa-ira مُسْتَمْلِکِه (region or governmental unit) · ar مُسْتَعْمَرَة (group of organisms) · af kolonie (region or governmental unit) · he מוֹשָׁבָה (group of organisms) · ka კოლონია (group of organisms) · eo kolonio (region or governmental unit) · cmn 集群 (group of organisms) · fi yhdyskunta (group of organisms) · lv kolonija (group of organisms) · nn koloni (region or governmental unit) · lo ຫົວເມືອງຂຶ້ນ (region or governmental unit) · nb koloni (group of organisms) · uz koloniya (group of organisms) · tt колония (region or governmental unit) · tg колония (group of organisms) · es colonia (region or governmental unit) · af kolonie (group of organisms) · ur کالونی (region or governmental unit) · fa-ira کُلُنی (group of organisms) · is nýlenda (region or governmental unit) · el αποικία (region or governmental unit) · be калёнія (region or governmental unit) · ar مُسْتَعْمَرَة (region or governmental unit) · ko 군체 (group of organisms) · gl colonia (group of organisms) · la colōnia (region or governmental unit) · te వలసదేశము (region or governmental unit) · nn koloni (group of organisms) · hi उपनिवेश (region or governmental unit) · mos tẽn-yãmbga (region or governmental unit) · da koloni (group of organisms) · cy trefedigaeth (region or governmental unit) · grc ἀποικία (region or governmental unit) · da koloni (region or governmental unit) · hu gyarmat (region or governmental unit) · be кало́нія (region or governmental unit) · tr müstemleke (region or governmental unit) · pl kolonia (region or governmental unit) · gd tuineachas (region or governmental unit) · ru коло́ния (region or governmental unit) · is nýlenda (group of organisms) · lv kolonija (region or governmental unit) · ja コロニー (region or governmental unit) · tg мустаъмара (region or governmental unit) · be кало́нія (group of organisms) · hi कॉलोनी (region or governmental unit) · fr colonie (group of organisms) · it colonia (group of organisms) · ca colònia (group of organisms) · aig kalni (region or governmental unit) · yi קאָלאָניע (group of organisms) · fa-ira پِرْگَنِه (group of organisms) · fr colonie (region or governmental unit) · ru коло́ния (group of organisms) · ps مستعمره (region or governmental unit) · tg мустамлака (region or governmental unit) · sh ко̀ло̄нија (group of organisms) · fa-ira مُسْتَعْمَرِه (region or governmental unit) · th ประเทศราช (region or governmental unit) · et koloonia (group of organisms) · cy gwladfa (region or governmental unit) · el αποικία (group of organisms) · hi कोलोनी (group of organisms) · pt colónia (group of organisms) · sh kòlōnija (group of organisms) · ug مۇستەملىكە (region or governmental unit) · ko 식민지 (region or governmental unit) · fa-ira مُهاجِرْنِشین (region or governmental unit) · tl sakupbayan (region or governmental unit) · hu kolónia (group of organisms) · de Kolonie (region or governmental unit) · ka კოლონია (region or governmental unit) · cy nythfa (group of organisms) · de Kolonie (group of organisms) · yi קאָלאָניע (region or governmental unit) · tg мустамлика (region or governmental unit) · ur کالونی (group of organisms) · pt colónia (region or governmental unit) · tr koloni (group of organisms) · qu mitma (region or governmental unit) · cmn 殖民地 (region or governmental unit) · ky колония (group of organisms) · nl kolonie (group of organisms) · fi yhteiskunta (group of organisms) · tl kolonya (region or governmental unit) · kk колония (group of organisms) · kk отар (region or governmental unit) · tr sömürge (region or governmental unit) · ms koloni (region or governmental unit) · tk koloniýa (region or governmental unit) · uz mustamlaka (region or governmental unit) · sv koloni (region or governmental unit) · tg макон (group of organisms) · sh ко̀ло̄нија (region or governmental unit) · id koloni (group of organisms) · kk отаршы (region or governmental unit) · mk колонија (region or governmental unit) · be калёнія (group of organisms) · ar مُسْتَمْلَكَة (region or governmental unit) · ug كولونىيە (region or governmental unit) · ko 콜로니 (group of organisms) · lt kolonija (group of organisms) · lt kolonija (region or governmental unit) · cmn 菌落 (group of organisms) · mi koroni (region or governmental unit)