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Synonyms for colony

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kol-uh-nee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒl ə ni

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Définition of colony

Origin :
  • late 14c., "ancient Roman settlement outside Italy," from Latin colonia "settled land, farm, landed estate," from colonus "husbandman, tenant farmer, settler in new land," from colere "to inhabit, cultivate, frequent, practice, tend, guard, respect," from PIE root *kwel- "move around" (source of Latin -cola "inhabitant;" see cycle (n.)). Also used by the Romans to translate Greek apoikia "people from home." Modern application dates from 1540s.
  • noun community
Example sentences :
  • We hastened on, and to our delight found one of the best springs in the colony.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • What the colony looked for was, that every man who went into the Council would do his duty.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Since they came to this colony they had been fed and clothed, and no one would take any money.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • This was his way of saying that he had more labor to get through than any other man in the Colony.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Adjoining the latter was a colony of quiet and inoffensive Beavers.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 » by Various
  • A group representing the French colony presented me with a friendly address.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • For all that the world knew of the malgamite workers, they might have been a colony of lepers.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Persons professing these creeds were sternly excluded from the colony.
  • Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
  • The Commodities they bring to the Colony, if there is a Demand for them.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • The Settlement at Mobile was the first seat of the colony in this province.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
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