Engelsk navneord: colony | |||
1. | colony (om gruppe) 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 | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The American colony in Paris. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | settlement | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | body | ||
Mere specifikke termer | frontier settlement, outpost, Plantation, proprietary colony | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Calpe, Demerara, Gibraltar, New Amsterdam, Plymouth Colony, Rock of Gibraltar | ||
Tilhører disse specifikke termer | colonial | ||
2. | colony (om gruppe) a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | biological group | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | caste | ||
3. | Colony (om sted) one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | America, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA | ||
4. | colony (om sted) a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A nudist colony. An artists' colony. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | place, property | ||
5. | colony (om sted) a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | dependency | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | ||
Mere specifikke termer | Crown Colony | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Cayman Islands, New Netherland | ||
6. | colony (om gruppe) (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | animal group | ||
Overordnet emneområde | microbiology | ||