[ US /ˈkɑɫəni/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒləni/ ]
NOUN
  1. a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
    the American colony in Paris
  2. (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
  3. a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
    a nudist colony
    an artists' colony
  4. a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
  5. a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
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How To Use colony In A Sentence

  • They establish a colony on Ragol but this perfect planet soon unleashes a few surprises and all hell breaks loose.
  • For some 2,000 years the central bridge of Florence has crossed this narrow point in the Arno at least since 59 B.C. when Romans settled the untamed floodplain that became a colony called Florentia. Ponte Vecchio, a Bridge That Spans Centuries
  • Nursing commissioned officer ( NNCO ) is a special necessary colony. Educate to NNCO is a new thing.
  • Many behaviour patterns have been identified in the chimp colony.
  • Genomic DNA from each mutant colony was extracted using a Tween - 20 / proteinase K digestion mixture.
  • The possible effects of iron on adsorption, microcolony formation, mature of colons and desorb were explained, and the prospect of clinical use of local iron or chelator spray was also reviewed here.
  • The news on the TV screen had a surge of static and a loud noise simultaneously thundered throughout the colony.
  • Even France's old colony of Algeria treated him like a returning hero on his recent visit.
  • During the first quarter of the twentieth century, Old Lyme was the center of a leading Impressionist art colony.
  • Kate, 19, visited the colony in late summer before starting her languages course at Newcastle University.
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