colony

  • 41colony — Inglish (Indian English) Dictionary Neighborhood or American sub division; I grew up in Nehru Colony …

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  • 42colony — Colonies were cities into which Roman soldiers or veterans were accommodated, transplanted from the capital to form Roman outposts amid possibly hostile territory. Corinth, Lystra, and Antioch of Pisidia were colonies; their constitutions were… …

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  • 43colony —    a distant territory ruled by expatriates    Literally, a place to which people emigrate in order to live but most British, French, German, and Italian colonies retained their majority of indigenous inhabitants. Immediately before the British… …

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  • 44colony — noun (plural colonies) 1》 a country or area under the political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.     ↘(the colonies) all the foreign places formerly under British political control.     ↘(the colonies) the… …

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  • 45colony —   Group of organisms of the same species living or growing together in the same place or locality; often used in reference to small distinct and/or isolated cycad populations.   See also breeding colony …

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  • 46colony — col•o•ny [[t]ˈkɒl ə ni[/t]] n. pl. nies 1) gov 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) gov the country or district so settled 3) gov any people or… …

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  • 47colony — kolonija statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Organiškai susijusių vienos rūšies individų visuma, susidariusi iki galo neįvykus dalijimuisi arba pumpuravimuisi, kai antriniai individai neatsiskiria nuo pagrindinio. Būdinga… …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 48colony — kolonija statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Vienos rūšies gyvūnų, dažniausiai paukščių, žinduolių ir vabzdžių, grupė. atitikmenys: angl. colony vok. Kolonie, f rus. колония, f; поселение, n …

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  • 49Colony — n. (pl. ies) 1 a a group of settlers in a new country (whether or not already inhabited) fully or partly subject to the mother country. b the settlement or its territory. 2 a people of one nationality or race or occupation in a city, esp. if… …

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  • 50colony — n. (pl. ies) 1 a a group of settlers in a new country (whether or not already inhabited) fully or partly subject to the mother country. b the settlement or its territory. 2 a people of one nationality or race or occupation in a city, esp. if… …

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