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colony

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
ˈkɒl.ə.ni

Definitions

  1. A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area
  2. A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A town in Cullman County, Arkansas.
  5. A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin
  6. A township in Adams County, Iowa.
  7. A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
  8. A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy
  9. A township in Delaware County, Iowa.
  10. A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
  11. A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association
  12. A minor city in Anderson County, Kansas.
  13. A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
  14. An apartment complex or neighborhood
  15. A former township in Greeley County, Kansas.
  16. An apartment complex or neighborhood.
  17. A neighbourhood in south-west Lexington, Kentucky.
  18. A local group of Beaver Scouts.
  19. An unincorporated community and inactive township in Knox County, Missouri.
  20. A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.
  21. A town in Washita County, Oklahoma.

Equivalents

Españolcolonia
Françaiscolonie
DeutschKolonie
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Afrikaanskolonie
Azərbaycan dilimüstəmləkə
Беларускаякалонія
Catalàcolònia
Češtinakolonie
Danskkoloni
Ελληνικάαποικία
Esperantokolonio
فارسیمستعمره
Gàidhligtuineachas
GalegoColonia
हिन्दीउपनिवेश
Հայերենգաղութ
Bahasa Indonesiajajahankoloni
Italianocolonia
ქართულიკოლონია
Қазақ тіліотаротаршы
ភាសាខ្មែរអាណានិគម
Latinacolonia
Lietuviųkolonija
Latviešukolonija
Македонскиколонија
Bahasa Melayujajahan
မြန်မာကိုလိုနီ
Nederlandskolonie
Portuguêscolónia
Românăcolonie
සිංහලජනපදය
Svenskakoloni
తెలుగువలసదేశము
Тоҷикӣмакон
ئۇيغۇرچەمۇستەملىكە
Українськаколонія

Examples

Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies.”
Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain.”
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That in every Town in the Colony, where Bread is Baken for Sale, there ſhall be Choſen one Clerk of the Market, or more, as each Town ſhall find needful, at their Annual Election of Town Officers, who ſhall duly be Engaged, to the faithful performance of ſaid Office, as other Town Officers are ;[…]”
“[…] money problems and refusal to supply them with British coins were two big reasons why the thirteen colonies rebelled and declared their independence.”
“a colony of British expats in Spain
The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from Germany.”
The question of ecclesiastical jurisdiction had to be answered before the colony sailed for East Florida.”
“a nudist colony; the statue was put up right in the middle of the artist colony
“a leper colony on the outskirts of town; most buildings in the penal colony were made of concrete
ant colony; coral colony
“a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids”
colonies of stem cells
Our colony is quite small, but each apartment is large.”
That weekend in 2013, fraternity members from Baruch, a commuter school in Manhattan whose Pi Delta Psi colony was only about three years old, gathered in a large rental house in Tunkhannock Township, Pa. Early on a frigid morning, Mr. Deng followed the other pledges in putting on a blindfold and backpack.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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