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English noun: colony

1. colony (group) 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


SamplesThe American colony in Paris.


Synonymssettlement


Broader (hypernym)body


Narrower (hyponym)frontier settlement, outpost, Plantation, proprietary colony


Instance hyponymCalpe, Demerara, Gibraltar, New Amsterdam, Plymouth Colony, Rock of Gibraltar


Member holonymcolonial

2. colony (group) a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together


Broader (hypernym)biological group


Part holonymcaste

3. Colony (location) one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States


Broader (hypernym)geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region


Instance hyponymConnecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia


Part meronymAmerica, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

4. colony (location) a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated


SamplesA nudist colony.
An artists' colony.


Broader (hypernym)place, property

5. colony (location) a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country


Synonymsdependency


Broader (hypernym)geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region


Narrower (hyponym)Crown Colony


Instance hyponymCayman Islands, New Netherland

6. colony (group) (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell


Broader (hypernym)animal group


Domain categorymicrobiology









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