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colony / Colony > 5 senses
NOUN	1	colony, settlement	A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland
	2	colony	A group of animals of the same type living together
	3	Colony	One of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
	4	colony, dependency	A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
	5	colony	(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

colony / Colony > pronunciation
Sounds	kaa'lahniy
Rhymes	abalone, aborigine / Aborigine, accompany, and 214 more rhymes in niy...

colony > noun 1, group
Meaning	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.
Synonyms	settlement
Members	colonial
Broader	body
Narrower	frontier settlement, outpost; Plantation; proprietary colony
Instances	Demerara; Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe; Plymouth Colony; New Amsterdam
Adjectives	colonial
Nouns	colonist
Verbs	colonize, colonise; colonize, colonise

colony > noun 2, group
Meaning	A group of animals of the same type living together.
Broader	animal group
Adjectives	colonial

Colony > noun 3, location
Meaning	One of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States.
Part of	United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
Broader	geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
Instances	Connecticut; Delaware; Georgia; Maryland; Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; Virginia
Adjectives	continental
Nouns	colonist

colony > noun 4, location
Meaning	A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country.
Synonyms	dependency
Broader	geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
Narrower	Crown Colony
Instances	New Netherland
Adjectives	colonial
Nouns	colonist

colony > noun 5, group
Meaning	(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell.
Category	microbiology
Broader	animal group

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