|
|
- pronunciation:
- ka
l
ni
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
colonies |
| definition 1: |
a territory governed by a distant country, often occupied by numbers of citizens of that country.
Before its independence, America consisted of thirteen British colonies.Many settlers died of starvation in the newly established colonies.The Republic of the Congo, a nation in Central Africa, was once a French colony.- similar words:
- possession
|
| definition 2: |
a distinct group of people of the same nationality, or a group of animals of the same species living closely together.
Brazil's Japanese colony is the largest in South America.Their house is host to a colony of termites.The entire colony of bees suddenly disappeared.
- similar words:
- swarm
|
| related words: |
compound, culture, dependency, mandate, territory |
|
|
|
|
|
|