colony
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- noun
- /ˈkɑləni/
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colonia
- Chagos is a colony of Britain supported by the United States.
- a British colony
- a Crown colony
- a former colony
You're on the first colony of Mars or the moon.
- You're on the first colony of Mars or the moon.
- OK, Togoland if you don't know was a German colony in Africa going into the war.
- And we know that there was a, a Spanish failed colony somewhere up the coast like that.
- We're going to need some kind of legal framework to keep, keep a colony in check.
- So they went down to Louisiana, which was the closest French colony.
- WPO itself circulated throughout Earth plus the colonies.
- From its base in Luderitz, new branches soon spread across the colony.
- Madagascar, these francs, they're an ex French colony.
- In America, the long history of colonial and frontier wars means most British colonies maintain their own militia.
- In particular, England and Holland got very wealthy from the colonies and used that wealth to become what they are today.
- So we should begin by thinking about two different senses of justice within the penal colony.
- Before Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, there were numerous Declarations of independence in the American colonies.
Examples
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In the 18th century, many Caribbean islands were controlled as a British colony and heavily influenced by British culture.
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The settlers established a thriving colony in the New World, relying on trade with their home country for supplies.
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And remember, shortly before this, most of the world was a European colony of one sort or another.
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Yet its years as a British Crown Colony have made it a distinct entity.
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This whole place, for miles around, was the original Ipswich Colony.
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In the North American British colonies, coastal cities grew large before inland settlements.
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Maryland is often lauded for being the first colony to pass legislation allowing freedom of religion.
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Australia became a penal colony with the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.
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After years of turmoil, the nation finally achieved independence from its colonial rulers, ending the era of foreign colonies.
Synonyms
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An area of land controlled by a country or ruler
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An area controlled by a distant country that is not fully independent
Antonyms
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Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
Compounds
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A place, often on an island, where the government keeps people sent there for crimes and they cannot leave
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A British colony in the early 1600s centered on what is now Massachusetts
- Archaic
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A place ruled directly by the British king or queen, usually through a governor they choose
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A settlement founded by English settlers at Plymouth Rock in 1620 that later joined Massachusetts Bay Colony
A former province in southern South Africa settled by the Dutch and later ruled by Britain
A colony where the king gave land and the right to govern to one person or group
How Dependent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Colony comes from Latin colonia and colonus, meaning 'settlement' and 'settler', and it described places where settlers lived under control from far away. That history explains why a political colony is a country or area governed by a more powerful country.