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Meanings of penal colony in English
Remote settlement used to house convicts from the general population.
Synonyms
Examples for "exile colony"
Examples for "exile colony"
1
The 25th were sent to Spike Island, a convict settlement near Queenstown, Ireland.
2
Create convict settlement for innocent people, now we'll be a leper colony, he texted.
3
Both much depressed to-night; the atmosphere of this camp is like a convict settlement.
4
Angola, however, has latterly been adopted as the principal convict settlement of the Portuguese.
5
A bell began to toll in the convict settlement.
Usage of penal colony in English
1
He said the men would serve their sentences in a penal colony.
2
But the penal colony struggled to survive as food supplies quickly dwindled.
3
Overview: You're building a fortress on a remote island, a penal colony.
4
In 1852 the French Government established a penal colony on these islands.
5
But the day has gone by for successful re-establishment of a penal colony.
6
A penal colony was established in what is now downtown Sydney.
7
Both regarded the idea as something far more important than a mere penal colony.
8
The penal colony's hospital log contains some clues as to what Dhirendra had heard.
9
How do the Glastonbury toilets compare with the ones in a Russian penal colony?
10
A penal colony is one formed of convicts sent out from the mother country.
11
They were caught and shipped to Australia, the penal colony.
12
In Mexico, known thieves can be sent to the Tres Marias penal colony without trial.
13
The penal colony for adults ought to be a pioneer of the free agricultural colony.
14
One was to be transported to a penal colony.
15
A new government policy allows outpost facilities to recruit employees from the penal colony at Alcatraz.
16
It was a long, long haul to the penal colony, the other end of the world.
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Translations for penal colony
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Penal colony through the time
Penal colony across language varieties
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