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
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