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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: colonie, from Latin colonia, from colonus 'farmer, someone who develops a new place', from colere 'to prepare land for crops']
a country or area that is under the political control of a more powerful country, usually one that is far away
-see also colonial colonial, colonize colonize
::Algeria was formerly a French colony.
-see also crown colony
one of the 13 areas of land on the east coast of North America that later became the United States
::Connecticut was one of the original colonies.
a group of people who are similar in some way and who live together, or the place where they live
::an artists' colony
::a leper colony
a group of animals or plants of the same type that are living or growing together
::a seal colony
::breeding colonies of rare birds