Definition of colony - WordReference.com Dictionary

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colony
A	noun
	1	colony
			a group of animals of the same type living together
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚biological group ╚animal group ╚colony
	2	colony
			(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚biological group ╚animal group ╚colony
	3	colony, settlement
			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
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚gathering; assemblage ╚body ╚colony, settlement ╚Plymouth Colony ╚Gibraltar; Rock of Gibraltar; Calpe ╚Demerara ╚proprietary colony ╚Plantation ╚frontier settlement; outpost
	4	colony, dependency
			a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚geographical area; geographic area; geographical region; geographic region ╚colony, dependency ╚New Netherland ╚Crown Colony
	5	Colony
			one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚region ╚geographical area; geographic area; geographical region; geographic region ╚Colony ╚South Carolina ╚Rhode Island ╚Pennsylvania ╚North Carolina ╚New York ╚New Jersey ╚New Hampshire ╚Massachusetts; Massachusetts Bay Colony ╚Maryland ╚Georgia ╚Delaware ╚Connecticut