[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

colony \col"ony\ ko^l"-ony^, n.; pl. colonies
   ko^l"-oni^z. l. colonia, fr. colonus farmer, fr.
   colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. f. colonie. cf. culture.
   1. a company of people transplanted from their mother country
      to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to
      the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the british
      colonies in america.
      1913 webster

            the first settlers of new england were the best of
            englishmen, well educated, devout christians, and
            zealous lovers of liberty. there was never a colony
            formed of better materials.           --ames.
      1913 webster

   2. the district or country colonized; a settlement.
      1913 webster

   3. a territory subject to the ruling governmental authority
      of another country and not a part of the ruling country.
      pjc

   4. a company of persons from the same country sojourning in a
      foreign city or land; as, the american colony in paris.
      1913 webster

   5. nat. hist. a number of animals or plants living or
      growing together, beyond their usual range.
      1913 webster

   6. bot. a cell family or group of common origin, mostly of
      unicellular organisms, esp. among the lower algae. they
      may adhere in chains or groups, or be held together by a
      gelatinous envelope.
      pjc

   7. zool. a cluster or aggregation of zooids of any compound
      animal, as in the corals, hydroids, certain tunicates,
      etc.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   8. zool. a community of social insects, as ants, bees, etc.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   9. microbiology a group of microorganisms originating as
      the descendents of one individual cell, growing on a
      gelled growth medium, as of gelatin or agar; especially,
      such a group that has grown to a sufficient number to be
      visible to the naked eye.
      pjc
see also:
colonies culture 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

colony
     n 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 syn: settlement
     2: a group of animals of the same type living together
     3: one of the 13 british colonies that formed the original
        states of the united states
     4: a geographical area politically controlled by a distant
        country syn: dependency
     5: microbiology a group of organisms grown from a single
        parent cell
see also:
settlement dependency 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

156 moby thesaurus words for "colony":
   adverse possession, ally, alodium, archduchy, archdukedom, army,
   ashram, body, body politic, buffer state, bunch, burgage,
   captive nation, caste, chieftaincy, chieftainry, city-state, claim,
   clan, class, commonweal, commonwealth, commune, community, country,
   county, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, domain,
   dominion, drift, drive, drove, duchy, dukedom, earldom,
   economic class, empery, empire, endogamous group, extended family,
   family, fee fief, fee position, fee simple, fee simple absolute,
   fee simple conditional, fee simple defeasible,
   fee simple determinable, fee tail, feodum, feud, fiefdom, flock,
   frankalmoign, free city, free socage, freehold, gam, gang,
   gavelkind, gens, grand duchy, having title to, herd, hold, holding,
   host, kennel, kingdom, kinship group, knight service, land,
   lay fee, lease, leasehold, legal claim, legal possession, litter,
   mandant, mandate, mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, moiety,
   nation, nationality, nuclear family, occupancy, occupation, order,
   original title, owning, pack, phratria, phratry, phyle, pod, polis,
   polity, possessing, possession, power, preoccupancy, preoccupation,
   prepossession, prescription, pride, principality, principate,
   property, property rights, proprietary rights, protectorate,
   province, puppet government, puppet regime, realm, republic,
   satellite, school, seisin, seneschalty, settlement, shoal, skulk,
   sloth, socage, social class, society, sovereign nation, squatting,
   state, subcaste, sublease, sultanate, superpower, tenancy,
   tenantry, tenure, tenure in chivalry, territory, title, toparchia,
   toparchy, totem, trip, troop, underlease, undertenancy, usucapion,
   villein socage, villeinhold, villenage

[4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

colony
   the city of philippi was a roman colony acts 16:12, i.e., a
   military settlement of roman soldiers and citizens, planted
   there to keep in subjection a newly-conquered district. a colony
   was rome in miniature, under roman municipal law, but governed
   by military officers praetors and lictors, not by proconsuls.
   it had an independent internal government, the jus italicum;
   i.e., the privileges of italian citizens.
   

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

colony, al town, fips 16684
  location: 33.94138 n, 86.90118 w
  population 1990: 298 106 housing units
  area: 5.0 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
colony, ks city, fips 14950
  location: 38.07064 n, 95.36216 w
  population 1990: 447 197 housing units
  area: 1.3 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 66015
colony, ok town, fips 16400
  location: 35.34765 n, 98.67011 w
  population 1990: 163 78 housing units
  area: 2.4 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 73021

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

colony, ok -- u.s. town in oklahoma
   population 2000:    147
   housing units 2000: 79
   land area 2000:     0.938574 sq. miles 2.430895 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.938574 sq. miles 2.430895 sq. km
   fips code:            16400
   located within:       oklahoma ok, fips 40
   location:             35.350996 n, 98.673305 w
   zip codes 1990:     73021
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    colony, ok
    colony

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

colony, al -- u.s. town in alabama
   population 2000:    385
   housing units 2000: 154
   land area 2000:     2.243851 sq. miles 5.811547 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.005210 sq. miles 0.013494 sq. km
   total area 2000:    2.249061 sq. miles 5.825041 sq. km
   fips code:            16684
   located within:       alabama al, fips 01
   location:             33.945011 n, 86.899465 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    colony, al
    colony

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

colony, ks -- u.s. city in kansas
   population 2000:    397
   housing units 2000: 186
   land area 2000:     0.499542 sq. miles 1.293809 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.499542 sq. miles 1.293809 sq. km
   fips code:            14950
   located within:       kansas ks, fips 20
   location:             38.070803 n, 95.366109 w
   zip codes 1990:     66015
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    colony, ks
    colony

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