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 | ||
Samples | The American colony in Paris. | ||
Synonyms | settlement | ||
Broader (hypernym) | body | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | frontier settlement, outpost, Plantation, proprietary colony | ||
Instance hyponym | Calpe, Demerara, Gibraltar, New Amsterdam, Plymouth Colony, Rock of Gibraltar | ||
Member holonym | colonial | ||
2. | colony (group) a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together | ||
Broader (hypernym) | biological group | ||
Part holonym | caste | ||
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 hyponym | Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia | ||
Part meronym | America, 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 | ||
Samples | A nudist colony. An artists' colony. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | place, property | ||
5. | colony (location) a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country | ||
Synonyms | dependency | ||
Broader (hypernym) | geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Crown Colony | ||
Instance hyponym | Cayman Islands, New Netherland | ||
6. | colony (group) (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell | ||
Broader (hypernym) | animal group | ||
Domain category | microbiology | ||