colony: betekenis en definities
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A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country.
A territory thus settled.
A region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency.
A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular area: the American colony in Paris.
The area occupied by such a group.
The British colonies that became the original 13 states of the United States.
A group of people who have been institutionalized in a relatively remote area: an island penal colony.
Ecology A group of the same kind of animals, plants, or one-celled organisms living or growing together.
Microbiology A visible growth of microorganisms, usually in a solid or semisolid nutrient medium.