colony
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colony¹
- /ˈkɒl.ə.ni/ UK
- /ˈkɔlənɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈkɔl.ə.ni/ US
- /ˈkɑ.lə.ni/ US
- /ˈkɔl.ə.ni/ Australia
Where it comes from
From Middle English colane, colonye, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and Köln.
noun colonies
- A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area. Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies.
- A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin. a colony of British expats in Spain
- A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy. a nudist colony; the statue was put up right in the middle of the artist colony
- A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association. ant colony; coral colony
- An apartment complex or neighborhood. Our colony is quite small, but each apartment is large.
- A local group of Beaver Scouts.
- A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters. That weekend in 2013, fraternity members from Baruch, a commuter school in Manhattan whose Pi Delta Psi colony was only about three years old, gathered in a large rental house in Tunkhannock Township, Pa. Early on a frigid morning, Mr. Deng followed the other pledges in putting on a blindfold and ba
verb colonies · colonying · colonied
- To colonize. Such black Attendants Colonied thy Cell, / But for thy Preſence, Car’sbrook had been Hell.
Colony²
proper noun
- A town in Cullman County, Arkansas.
- A township in Adams County, Iowa.
- A township in Delaware County, Iowa.
- A minor city in Anderson County, Kansas.
- A former township in Greeley County, Kansas.
- A neighbourhood in south-west Lexington, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community and inactive township in Knox County, Missouri.
- A town in Washita County, Oklahoma.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: province, territory, mandate, settlement, dominion, territorial dominion, colonization, colonial, colonialism, community, tribe, institution, settler, clan, forming, dependency
Translations
Every language
noun group of organisms
| Español | colonia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 군체 gunche, 콜로니 kolloni |
| 日本語 | 群体 guntai, コロニー koronī |
| 中文 | 集群 jíqún, 菌落 jūnluò, jùnluò |
| हिन्दी | कोलोनी kolonī |
| Français | colonie |
| Deutsch | Kolonie |
| Italiano | colonia |
| Ελληνικά | αποικία apoikía |
| Русский | коло́ния kolónija |
| Tiếng Việt | tập đoàn |
| العربية | مُسْتَعْمَرَة mustaʕmara |
| עברית | מוֹשָׁבָה moshavá |
noun region or governmental unit
| Español | colonia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 식민지 singminji |
| 日本語 | コロニー koronī, 植民地 shokuminchi |
| 中文 | 殖民地 zhímíndì |
| हिन्दी | कॉलोनी kŏlonī, उपनिवेश upniveś |
| Français | colonie |
| Deutsch | Kolonie |
| Italiano | colonia |
| Ελληνικά | αποικία apoikía |
| Română | colonie |
| Русский | коло́ния kolónija, поселе́ние poselénije |
| Tiếng Việt | thuộc địa |
| العربية | مُسْتَعْمَرَة mustaʕmara, مُسْتَمْلَكَة mustamlaka |
| עברית | מוֹשָׁבָה moshavá, קוֹלוֹנְיָה kolóniya |
Talk about this word "colony." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/colony. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. colony. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/colony "colony." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/colony.Cite this
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title = {colony},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/colony},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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