'Colony' definitions:

Definition of 'colony'

(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: colony, settlement]
noun
A group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
noun
One of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
noun
A place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated; "a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony"
noun
A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country [syn: colony, dependency]
noun
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

Definition of 'Colony'

From: GCIDE
  • Colony \Col"o*ny\ (k[o^]l"[-o]*n[y^]), n.; pl. Colonies (k[o^]l"[-o]*n[i^]z). [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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The district or country colonized; a settlement. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. a territory subject to the ruling governmental authority of another country and not a part of the ruling country. [PJC]
  • 4. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (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. [PJC]
  • 7. (Zool.) A cluster or aggregation of zooids of any compound animal, as in the corals, hydroids, certain tunicates, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 8. (Zool.) A community of social insects, as ants, bees, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 9. (Microbiology) a group of microorganisms originating as the descendents of one individual cell, growing on a gelled growth medium, as of gelatin or agar; especially, such a group that has grown to a sufficient number to be visible to the naked eye. [PJC]

Definition of 'colony'

From: Easton
  • Colony The city of Philippi was a Roman colony (Acts 16:12), i.e., a military settlement of Roman soldiers and citizens, planted there to keep in subjection a newly-conquered district. A colony was Rome in miniature, under Roman municipal law, but governed by military officers (praetors and lictors), not by proconsuls. It had an independent internal government, the jus Italicum; i.e., the privileges of Italian citizens.

Synonyms of 'colony'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Colony, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Colony, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
147
Housing Units (2000) :
79
Land area (2000) :
0.938574 sq. miles (2.430895 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.938574 sq. miles (2.430895 sq. km)
FIPS code :
16400
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
35.350996 N, 98.673305 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
73021
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Colony, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Colony, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
Population (2000) :
385
Housing Units (2000) :
154
Land area (2000) :
2.243851 sq. miles (5.811547 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.005210 sq. miles (0.013494 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.249061 sq. miles (5.825041 sq. km)
FIPS code :
16684
Located within :
Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location :
33.945011 N, 86.899465 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Colony, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Colony, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000) :
397
Housing Units (2000) :
186
Land area (2000) :
0.499542 sq. miles (1.293809 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.499542 sq. miles (1.293809 sq. km)
FIPS code :
14950
Located within :
Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location :
38.070803 N, 95.366109 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
66015
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Words containing 'Colony'