ALL meanings of colonies
col·o·ny
C c - noun plural colonies the subject territories formerly in the British Empire 3
- noun plural colonies the 13 states forming the original United States of America when they declared their independence (1776). These were Connecticut, North and South Carolina, Delaware, Georgia, New Hampshire, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and New Jersey 3
- noun plural colonies a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation. 1
- noun plural colonies the country or district settled or colonized: Many Western nations are former European colonies. 1
- noun plural colonies any people or territory separated from but subject to a ruling power. 1
- noun plural colonies the Colonies, those British colonies that formed the original 13 states of the United States: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. 1
- noun plural colonies a number of people coming from the same country, or speaking the same language, residing in a foreign country or city, or a particular section of it; enclave: the Polish colony in Israel; the American colony in Paris. 1
- noun plural colonies any group of individuals having similar interests, occupations, etc., usually living in a particular locality; community: a colony of artists. 1
- noun plural colonies the district, quarter, or dwellings inhabited by any such number or group: The Greek island is now an artists' colony. 1
- noun plural colonies an aggregation of bacteria growing together as the descendants of a single cell. 1
- noun plural colonies Ecology. a group of organisms of the same kind living or growing in close association. 1
- noun colonies Plural form of colony. 1
- noun colonies plural of colony. 0