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Colony
Colony Col"o*ny, n.
1. (Bot.) A cell family or group of common origin, mostly of
unicellular organisms, esp. among the lower alg[ae]. They
may adhere in chains or groups, or be held together by a
gelatinous envelope.
ColonyColony Col"o*ny, n.; pl. Colonies. [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.
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.
2. The district or country colonized; a settlement.
3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a
foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
4. (Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or
growing together, beyond their usual range.
Meaning of Colonys from wikipedia
- A
colony is a
territory subject to a form of
foreign rule,
which rules the
territory and its
indigenous peoples separated from the
foreign rulers, the...
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resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for
three attempts totaling six years. In 1590, the
colony was abandoned. But
nearly 20
years later, the
colony was re-settled...
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Plymouth Colony (sometimes
spelled Plimouth) was the
first permanent English colony in New
England from 1620 and the
third permanent English colony in America...
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Roanoke Colony (/ˈroʊənoʊk/ ROH-ə-nohk) was an
attempt by Sir
Walter Raleigh to
found the
first permanent English settlement in
North America. The
colony was...
- 1851 in
South Africa.
Xhosas clash with the
white settlers on the Cape
Colonys eastern boundary starting the 8th Cape
Frontier War and ends in 1853 in...
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together Colony,
Alabama Colony,
Kansas Colony,
Missouri Colony,
Oklahoma Colony, Lexington, a
neighborhood in
southwestern Lexington,
Kentucky The
Colony, Texas...
- The Cape
Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie), also
known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a
British colony in present-day
South Africa named after the Cape of Good...
- The
Crown Colony of
Jamaica and
Dependencies was a
British colony from 1655, when it was
captured by the
English Protectorate from the
Spanish Empire...
- A
Crown colony or
royal colony was a
colony governed by England, and then
Great Britain or the
United Kingdom within the
English and
later British Empire...
- a
colony of the
British Empire after the Qing
dynasty ceded Hong Kong
Island in 1841–1842 as a
consequence of
losing the
First Opium War. The
colony expanded...
