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English

Pronunciation

kol-o-ni


Etymology

Latin colonia; ultimately from Indo-European *qwel

Noun

  1. Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.
  2. * Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain.
  3. A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
  4. * ant colony
  5. * The Portuguese Man O' War (Physalia physalis), also known as the bluebubble, bluebottle or the man-of-war, is commonly thought of as a jellyfish but is actually a siphonophore — a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids. Wikipedia article on


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Translations

  • Chinese: 殖民地, 殖民地
  • Danish: koloni
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|kolonie|f}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|colonie|f}}
  • German: {{t-|de|Kolonie|f}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|αποικία|f|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew: מושבה (moshava)
  • Italian: {{t+|it|colonia|f}}
  • Japanese: コロニー (koronī)
  • Korean: 식민지
  • Kurdish: mêtingeh , kolonî
  • Latin: {{t-|la|colonia|f}}
  • Norwegian: koloni
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|kolonia|f}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|colônia|f}}
  • Russian: колония (koloniya)
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|colonia|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t|sv|koloni|c}}
  • Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|thuộc địa|xs=Vietnamese}}
  • Finnish: ,

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Colony \Col"o*ny\ (k[o^]l"[-o]*n[y^]), n.; pl. Colonies
(k[o^]l"[-o]*n[i^]z). [L. colonia, fr. colonus farmer, fr.
colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie. Cf. Culture.]
1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country
to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to
the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British
colonies in America.
[1913 Webster]

The first settlers of New England were the best of
Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and
zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony
formed of better materials. --Ames.
[1913 Webster]

2. The district or country colonized; a settlement.
[1913 Webster]

3. a territory subject to the ruling governmental authority
of another country and not a part of the ruling country.
[PJC]

4. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a
foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or
growing together, beyond their usual range.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Bot.) A cell family or group of common origin, mostly of
unicellular organisms, esp. among the lower alg[ae]. They
may adhere in chains or groups, or be held together by a
gelatinous envelope.
[PJC]

7. (Zool.) A cluster or aggregation of zooids of any compound
animal, as in the corals, hydroids, certain tunicates,
etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

8. (Zool.) A community of social insects, as ants, bees, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

9. (Microbiology) a group of microorganisms originating as
the descendents of one individual cell, growing on a
gelled growth medium, as of gelatin or agar; especially,
such a group that has grown to a sufficient number to be
visible to the naked eye.
[PJC]
WordNet colony
n 1: 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 [syn: settlement]
2: a group of animals of the same type living together
3: one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original
states of the United States
4: a geographical area politically controlled by a distant
country [syn: dependency]
5: (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single
parent cell
Moby Dictionary
adverse possession , ally , alodium , archduchy , archdukedom , army ,
ashram , body , body politic , buffer state , bunch , burgage ,
captive nation , caste , chieftaincy , chieftainry , city-state , claim ,
clan , class , commonweal , commonwealth , commune , community , country ,
county , de facto , de jure , dependency , derivative title , domain ,
dominion , drift , drive , drove , duchy , dukedom , earldom ,
economic class , empery , empire , endogamous group , extended family ,
family , fee fief , fee position , fee simple , fee simple absolute ,
fee simple conditional , fee simple defeasible ,
fee simple determinable , fee tail , feodum , feud , fiefdom , flock ,
frankalmoign , free city , free socage , freehold , gam , gang ,
gavelkind , gens , grand duchy , having title to , herd , hold , holding ,
host , kennel , kingdom , kinship group , knight service , land ,
lay fee , lease , leasehold , legal claim , legal possession , litter ,
mandant , mandate , mandated territory , mandatee , mandatory , moiety ,
nation , nationality , nuclear family , occupancy , occupation , order ,
original title , owning , pack , phratria , phratry , phyle , pod , polis ,
polity , possessing , possession , power , preoccupancy , preoccupation ,
prepossession , prescription , pride , principality , principate ,
property , property rights , proprietary rights , protectorate ,
province , puppet government , puppet regime , realm , republic ,
satellite , school , seisin , seneschalty , settlement , shoal , skulk ,
sloth , socage , social class , society , sovereign nation , squatting ,
state , subcaste , sublease , sultanate , superpower , tenancy ,
tenantry , tenure , tenure in chivalry , territory , title , toparchia ,
toparchy , totem , trip , troop , underlease , undertenancy , usucapion ,
villein socage , villeinhold , villenage


Colony The city of Philippi was a Roman colony (Acts 16:12), i.e., a military settlement of Roman soldiers and citizens, planted there to keep in subjection a newly-conquered district. A colony was Rome in miniature, under Roman municipal law, but governed by military officers (praetors and lictors), not by proconsuls. It had an independent internal government, the jus Italicum; i.e., the privileges of Italian citizens.
Colony, AL (town, FIPS 16684) Location: 33.94138 N, 86.90118 W Population (1990): 298 (106 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Colony, KS (city, FIPS 14950) Location: 38.07064 N, 95.36216 W Population (1990): 447 (197 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66015 Colony, OK (town, FIPS 16400) Location: 35.34765 N, 98.67011 W Population (1990): 163 (78 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73021
Moby Dictionary 147
Housing Units (2000): 79
Land area (2000): 0.938574 sq. miles (2.430895 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.938574 sq. miles (2.430895 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16400
Located within: Oklahoma (OK) , FIPS 40
Location: 35.350996 N , 98.673305 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73021
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Colony , OK
Colony
Moby Dictionary 385
Housing Units (2000): 154
Land area (2000): 2.243851 sq. miles (5.811547 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.005210 sq. miles (0.013494 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.249061 sq. miles (5.825041 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16684
Located within: Alabama (AL) , FIPS 01
Location: 33.945011 N , 86.899465 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Colony , AL
Colony
Moby Dictionary 397
Housing Units (2000): 186
Land area (2000): 0.499542 sq. miles (1.293809 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.499542 sq. miles (1.293809 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14950
Located within: Kansas (KS) , FIPS 20
Location: 38.070803 N , 95.366109 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 66015
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Colony , KS
Colony
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