colony
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- noun
- /ˈkɑləni/
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colonia
- After years of struggle, the settlers finally established a thriving colony in the new land while keeping strong ties to their homeland.
- a Spanish colony
So she thinks to herself, you know, there's no way that we could actually go to colonies in space.
- So she thinks to herself, you know, there's no way that we could actually go to colonies in space.
- Also in Virginia, the two leading colonies, very organized opposition.
Examples
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The Falkland Islands, the British colony in the South Atlantic, has fallen.
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Southwest Africa as a colony of the Union of South Africa in all but name.
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A war in Europe will spread to its colonies.
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Those who supported the American cause argued that the American colonies had not yet declared themselves in revolt.
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Many of these, naturally, related to the founding of the Georgia colony and its revolutionary past.
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These drawings were made by John White, who was the governor of the colony at Roanoke in Virginia Woods, now North Carolina.
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And there is the disappearance of the English colony on Roanoke Island, North Carolina in 1590.
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Oglethorpe revisited every development in the colony's administration since his last visit.
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The British established a colony in America, which grew and evolved into the United States after the revolution.
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During history lessons, we learned about various colonies that were governed by European powers during the age of exploration.
Synonyms
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A place where people start living together in a new area
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 Independent
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Etymology
Colony comes from the Latin colonia and colonus, where colonus meant 'farmer' or 'settler' who moved to new land. That image of people moving and living together helps us remember a human colony is a group from one country living in another country.