How to Spell colony

colony

colony - noun

  • An area over which a foreign nation or state extends or maintains control
  • A group of people who settle together in a new place
  • A distinguishable localized population of a species or type of organism
  • A circumscribed mass of microorganisms usually growing in or on a solid medium
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"a former colony"

colony - thesaurus

Synonyms: community

Etymology

Middle English colonie, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin colonia, from colonus farmer, colonist, from colere to cultivate