colony

Meanings

Plural: colonies

Noun

• 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"
• a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
• one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
• a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
  • "a nudist colony"
  • "an artists' colony"
• a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
• (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
• An area under the political control of another country and typically occupied by settlers (colonists) from it, or by their descendants.
• A group of people who settle such an area and maintain ties to their native country, and (later) their descendants.
• A group of people, of one nationality, ethnic group, or language, residing in a different country, city, or area; the area such people occupy.
• A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
• A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
• A group of bacteria, fungi or other cells cultured together, especially from a single cell.
• An apartment complex or neighborhood.
• A local group of Beaver Scouts.
• A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.

Verb

• To colonize.

Synonyms

dependency, settlement

Related Words

Cologne, Crown colony, cult, culture, metropole