Colony
21Colony — This article is about a type of political territory. For other uses, see Colony (disambiguation). Countries and their territories (colonies) in 1945 …
22colony — /kol euh nee/, n., pl. colonies. 1. 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. 2. the country or district settled or colonized: Many Western nations are… …
23colony — n. 1) to establish a colony 2) to disband a colony 3) a crown colony 4) an artists ; leper; nudist; penal colony 5) an ant colony * * * [ kɒlənɪ] leper nudist penal colony a crown colony an ant colony an artists …
24colony — noun 1 country ruled by another country ADJECTIVE ▪ overseas ▪ Britain s overseas colonies ▪ American, British, French, etc. ▪ former …
25Colony — /kol euh nee/, n. The, a city in NE Texas. 11,586. * * * I In antiquity, any of the new settlements established in territory conquered by the Greeks (8th–6th century BC), Alexander the Great (4th century BC), and the Romans (4th century BC–AD 2nd …
26colony — 01. French is still spoken in the former French [colonies] of Africa. 02. Foreign aid workers in developing countries often show a [colonial] attitude towards the people of the country they are working in. 03. The first European [colonists] in… …
27colony — [[t]kɒ̱ləni[/t]] colonies 1) N COUNT: usu supp N A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country. In France s former North African colonies, anti French feeling is growing... Puerto Rico, though it calls itself a Commonwealth …
28colony — col|o|ny [ˈkɔləni US ˈka: ] n plural colonies [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: colonie, from Latin colonia, from colonus farmer, someone who develops a new place , from colere to prepare land for crops ] 1.) a country or area that is under …
29colony — noun (C) 1 a country or area that is under the political control of a more powerful country, usually one that is far away: Algeria was formerly a French colony. see also: crown colony, dominion (3), protectorate 2 a group of people who live in a… …
30colony */*/ — UK [ˈkɒlənɪ] / US [ˈkɑlənɪ] noun [countable] Word forms colony : singular colony plural colonies 1) a) a country that is controlled by another country a former British colony b) one of the parts of North America that was ruled by Britain before… …
