colony
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.ə.ni/
The English word “colony” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
- A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
- A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
- A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
- An apartment complex or neighborhood.
- A local group of Beaver Scouts.
- A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.
verb
- To colonize.
Etymology
From Middle English colane, colonye, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and Köln.
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