Colony Definition

kŏlə-nē
colonies
noun
colonies
A group of people who settle in a distant land but remain under the political jurisdiction of their native land.
Webster's New World
The region thus settled.
Webster's New World
A territory distant from the state having jurisdiction or control over it.
Webster's New World
The thirteen British colonies in North America that won their independence in the Revolutionary War and became the U.S.: they were Va., N.Y., Mass., Conn., R.I., N.H., Md., N.J., N.C., S.C., Pa., Del., and Ga.
Webster's New World
A community of people of the same nationality or pursuits concentrated in a particular district or place.
The Hungarian colony of Cleveland, an artists' colony.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Colony

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Singular:
colony
Plural:
colonies

Origin of Colony

  • 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)”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English colonie from Latin colōnia from colōnus settler from colere to cultivate kwel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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