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Meanings of colony in English

Catalan
colònia
Spanish
colonia

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.

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        colònia
        Spanish
        territorio

        A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country.

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              Usage of colony in English
              1
              The colony is breeding fast, often causing a problem for local residents.
              The South African
              2
              A ship or some small colony is having problems and needs help.
              Midnight at the well of souls
              3
              The former Portuguese colony has seen several coups since independence in 1974.
              Reuters
              4
              The construction of the cells improves; the colony grows, the comfort increases.
              The Life of the Bee
              5
              A little later the white colony on the mesa was in darkness.
              Sunny Slopes
              6
              The former British colony has seen four months of often-violent anti-government protests.
              Reuters
              7
              Be sure to check out the African penguin colony at Stony Point.
              The South African
              8
              The new colony was called Georgia, in honor of King George II.
              A Brief History of the United States
              9
              Sarkozy said France had been wary of interfering in a former colony.
              Reuters
              10
              Only select colonists were given access to news from life outside colony.
              News.com.au
              11
              Cuba, a little over 100 years ago, was a colony of Spain.
              The Irish Times
              12
              The colony had now several of the Indians detained in the fort.
              The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3
              13
              East Timor, once a Portuguese colony, became an independent state in 2002.
              Reuters
              14
              At one colony devotees come to morning exercises swathed in common bathrobe.
              The new yorker
              15
              Again, they want a colony free from the government sphere of influence.
              Radio NZ
              16
              The colony would rarely need the protein synthesizer from this time forward.
              Broken Circle
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