Word: Colonies
How to pronounce: ˈkɒlənɪ
Noun
Definitions:
1. A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.
Example sentences: "Japanese forces overran the French colony of Indo-China"
2. A group of people of one nationality or race living in a foreign place.
Example sentences: "The British colony in New York"
3. A community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure.
Example sentences: "A colony of seals"
Synonyms:
community
settlement
plantation
rookery
Derivations:
colonization
colonial
colonizer
colonist
colonialism
colonizing
colonising
colonize
colonise
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Spanish: Colonia
German: Kolonie
French: Colonie
Italian: Colonia
Turkish: Koloni
