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colony [n]
 
1)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 
    See Also: body  settle  settle  locate  colonise  colonise  frontier_settlement  plantation  proprietary_colony  demerara  calpe  plymouth_colony  new_amsterdam  colonial 
 
2)a group of animals of the same type living together
    Synonyms :
    See Also: animal_group 
 
3)one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
    Synonyms :
    See Also: geographic_area  america  connecticut  delaware  georgia  maryland  massachusetts  new_hampshire  new_jersey  new_york  north_carolina  pennsylvania  rhode_island  south_carolina  virginia 
 
4)a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
    Synonyms :dependency 
    See Also: geographic_area  crown_colony  new_netherland 
 
5)(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
    Synonyms :
    See Also: animal_group  microbiology 
 



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