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penal colony en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of criminals, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.
   • Australia was used as a penal colony by the United Kingdom in the 18th to 19th century.

Forms

Translations (16)

nb straffekoloni (colonial territory) · nl colonie pénale (colonial territory) · ru штрафна́я коло́ния (colonial territory) · fi rangaistussiirtola (colonial territory) · fi työsiirtola (colonial territory) · ca colònia penal (colonial territory) · nl strafkolonie (colonial territory) · ota پرانقه (colonial territory) · sv straffkoloni (colonial territory) · nn straffekoloni (colonial territory) · es colonia penal (colonial territory) · cmn 流放地 (colonial territory) · da straffekoloni (colonial territory) · de Strafkolonie (colonial territory) · ru исправи́тельная коло́ния (colonial territory) · tr ceza kolonisi (colonial territory)