colony plural
col·o·ny
The plural form of colony is colonies
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- noun plural colony The colonies means all the countries that used to be British colonies. 3
- noun plural colony The colonies means the 13 British colonies in North America which formed the original United States. 3
- noun plural colony 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 colony the country or district settled or colonized: Many Western nations are former European colonies. 1
- noun plural colony any people or territory separated from but subject to a ruling power. 1
- noun plural colony 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 colony 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 colony any group of individuals having similar interests, occupations, etc., usually living in a particular locality; community: a colony of artists. 1
- noun plural colony the district, quarter, or dwellings inhabited by any such number or group: The Greek island is now an artists' colony. 1
- noun plural colony an aggregation of bacteria growing together as the descendants of a single cell. 1
- noun plural colony Ecology. a group of organisms of the same kind living or growing in close association. 1