colony
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈkɑləni/
:
colonia de artistas
- Cape Cod has a fine artist colony.
- an artists' colony
- the colony's success
The Irish favored a more wandering existence and the establishment of little communities or colonies far away.
- The Irish favored a more wandering existence and the establishment of little communities or colonies far away.
- Each, each colony is drawing in people attracted to a certain type.
- We don't know because Kafka doesn't tell us in this story about the rest of what's happening in this colony.
- And that person then had me perform at another artist colony I went to months later.
- Are you a weird nudist colony lady?
- And this dude's out there and he's taking my sister to a nudist Colony weenie grill out.
- And so they work at you, they enjoying the colony and they do things in the colony.
Examples
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It's an artists' colony 200 Miles north of Santa Fe.
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The ensuing turmoil significantly damaged the colony's chances for success.
Academic text (2011) -
And that person then had me perform at another artist colony I went to months later.
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Will their colony accept them?
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Men are a very important part of our little colony.
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Provincetown is an artistic colony with a beautiful beach enhanced by a sea breeze.
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The singing trees rose in enormous arches, several times taller than the colony dwellings.
Fiction book (1998) -
The writers gathered at the colony to share their creative ideas and collaborate on their projects.
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The local colony of artists hosts classes and workshops for anyone interested in painting and sculpture.
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Everyone in the colony cared about sustainable living and worked together to build green homes.
Synonyms
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2.8
A group of people who live in the same area, like a neighborhood
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5.0
A group of people living together and sharing things and chores
Compounds
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8.2
A place, often on an island, where the government keeps people sent there for crimes and they cannot leave
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7.7
A British colony in the early 1600s centered on what is now Massachusetts
- Archaic
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8.2
A place ruled directly by the British king or queen, usually through a governor they choose
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9.0
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 Organized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Colony originally meant a 'settlement' from the Latin colonia, a place where people lived together. Think of a group of artists who settle in one village to live and work side by side, which is why a colony can mean a community of people with the same interest living together.