colony – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
colony
n.
group of people who have settled in a new country and who are still subject to the mother country; country or location subject to the mother country; commune, group of people which are joined by a shared interest and often live together; group of animals or plants which live together; group of insects which live together; group of ants which lives in a large community
Colony
In
politics and
history, a
colony is a
territory under the immediate political control of a
state, distinct from the home territory of the sovereign. For
colonies in antiquity,
city-states would often found their own colonies. Some colonies were historically countries, while others were territories without definite statehood from their inception.
Colony
Noun
1. one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(hyponym) Connecticut
(part-holonym) United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
colony
Noun
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
(synonym) settlement
(hypernym) body
(hyponym) frontier settlement, outpost
(member-meronym) colonial
(derivation) colonize, colonise
2. a group of animals of the same type living together
(hypernym) animal group
3. a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
(synonym) dependency
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(hyponym) Crown Colony
4. (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
(hypernym) animal group
(classification) microbiology
colony
n.
kolonie
colony
Rzecz.
kolonia; kolonia; kolonia
