a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.
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the country or district settled or colonized: Many Western nations are former European colonies.
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any people or territory separated from but subject to a ruling power.
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the Colonies, those British colonies that formed the original 13 states of the United States: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
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a number of people coming from the same country, or speaking the same language, residing in a foreign country or city, or a particular section of it; enclave: the Polish colony in Israel; the American colony in Paris.
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any group of individuals having similar interests, occupations, etc., usually living in a particular locality; community: a colony of artists.
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the district, quarter, or dwellings inhabited by any such number or group: The Greek island is now an artists' colony.
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an aggregation of bacteria growing together as the descendants of a single cell.
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Ecology. a group of organisms of the same kind living or growing in close association.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME colonie (< MF) < L colōnia, equiv. to colōn(us) colonus+ -ia-y3]
c.1384, "ancient Roman settlement outside Italy," from L. colonia "settled land, farm, landed estate," from colonus "husbandman, tenant farmer, settler in new land," from colere "to inhabit, cultivate, frequent, practice, tend, guard, respect," from PIE base *kwel- "move around" (source of L. -cola "inhabitant;" see cycle). Also used by the Romans to translate Gk. apoikia "people from home." Modern application dates from 1548. Colonize is from 1622; colonial first recorded 1776, coined by British statesman Edmund Burke (1729-97). Colonialism first attested 1886.
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; "the American colony in Paris"
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a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
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one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
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a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated; "a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony"
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a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
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(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
(a group of people who form) a settlement in one country etc which is under the rule of another country Example: France used to have many colonies in Africa.
Arabic:
مُسْتَعْمَرَه
Chinese (Simplified):
殖民地
Chinese (Traditional):
殖民地
Czech:
kolonie
Danish:
koloni
Dutch:
kolonie
Estonian:
asundus, asumaa
Finnish:
siirtokunta
French:
colonie
German:
die Kolonie
Greek:
αποικία
Hungarian:
gyarmat
Icelandic:
nÿlenda
Indonesian:
koloni
Italian:
colonia
Japanese:
植民地
Latvian:
kolonija
Lithuanian:
kolonija
Norwegian:
koloni
Polish:
kolonia
Portuguese (Brazil):
colônia
Portuguese (Portugal):
colónia
Romanian:
colonie
Russian:
колония
Slovak:
kolónia
Slovenian:
kolonija
Spanish:
colonia
Swedish:
koloni
Turkish:
sömürge, koloni
colony2[ˈkoləni]noun
a group of people having the same interests, living close together Example: a colony of artists
Arabic:
جَماعَه
Chinese (Simplified):
有同类兴趣的一群人
Chinese (Traditional):
有同類興趣的一群人
Czech:
kolonie
Danish:
koloni
Dutch:
kolonie
Estonian:
koloonia
Finnish:
yhteisö
French:
colonie
German:
die Kolonie
Greek:
παροικία
Hungarian:
kolónia
Icelandic:
sambú, sambÿli, kommúna
Indonesian:
kelompok
Italian:
colonia, comunità
Japanese:
集中居住地
Latvian:
grupējums
Lithuanian:
grupė, sambūris
Norwegian:
koloni, fellesskap
Polish:
kolonia, grupa
Portuguese (Brazil):
colônia
Portuguese (Portugal):
colónia
Romanian:
colonie
Russian:
посёлок
Slovak:
kolónia
Slovenian:
kolonija
Spanish:
colonia
Swedish:
koloni
Turkish:
topluluk, koloni
colony3[ˈkoləni]noun
a collection of animals, birds etc, of one type, living together Example: a colony of gulls
colonyAudio Help (kŏl'ə-nē) Pronunciation Key
A group of the same kind of animals, plants, or one-celled organisms living or growing together. Organisms live in colonies for their mutual benefit, and especially their protection. Multicellular organisms may have evolved out of colonies of unicellular organisms.
Main Entry: col·o·ny Pronunciation: 'käl-&-nE Function: noun Inflected Form: plural-nies : a circumscribed mass
of microorganisms usually growing in or on a solid medium
Key Colony Beach, FL (city, FIPS 36325) Location: 24.72256 N, 81.02331 W Population (1990): 977 (1152 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
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Tennessee Colony, TX Zip code(s): 75861
The Colony, TX (city, FIPS 72530) Location: 33.09094 N, 96.88712 W Population (1990): 22113 (7151 housing units) Area: 30.3 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75056
First Colony, TX (CDP, FIPS 25879) Location: 29.57454 N, 95.60831 W Population (1990): 18327 (5976 housing units) Area: 24.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Iowa Colony, TX (village, FIPS 36092) Location: 29.44273 N, 95.41539 W Population (1990): 675 (277 housing units) Area: 14.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Jupiter Inlet Colony, FL (town, FIPS 35900) Location: 26.94785 N, 80.07500 W Population (1990): 405 (249 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Col"o*ny\, n.; pl. Colonies. [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. 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. 2. The district or country colonized; a settlement. 3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris. 4. (Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
Cul"ti*vate\ (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cultivated (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cultivating (-v?`-t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of colere to till, cultivate. Cf. Colony.]1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil. 2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish. Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature. --Wordsworth. 3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with. I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated him accordingly. --Burke. 4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine. To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. --Addison. The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end. --Tillotson. 5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.
Cul"ture\ (k?l"t?r; 135), n. [F. culture, L. cultura, fr. colere to till, cultivate; of uncertain origin. Cf. Colony.]1. The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil. 2. The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind. If vain our toil We ought to blame the culture, not the soil. --Pepe. 3. The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste. What the Greeks expressed by their paidei`a, the Romans by their humanitas, we less happily try to express by the more artificial word culture. --J. C. Shairp. The list of all the items of the general life of a people represents that whole which we call its culture. --Tylor. Culture fluid, a fluid in which the germs of microscopic organisms are made to develop, either for purposes of study or as a means of modifying their virulence.
Col"o*ny\, n. 1. (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. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A cluster or aggregation of zooids of any compound animal, as in the corals, hydroids, certain tunicates, etc. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A community of social insects, as ants, bees, etc.
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.
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