colony means A place in the United States:; A town in Cullman County, Arkansas.
colony is pronounced /ˈkɒl.ə.ni/.
Why “colony” is a great word
A territory or settlement under the political control of a distant country, often established for economic exploitation or populated by settlers maintaining ties to their homeland. From Middle English *colane*, *colonye*, from Latin *colōnia* ("settled land, farm, colony"), from *colōnus* ("farmer, settler"), from *colō* ("to till, cultivate, inhabit"), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ("to turn, to move around"). Unlike a "protectorate," which suggests a retained, if nominal, internal sovereignty, or a "community," a neutral term for shared residence or character, a colony is an act of projected and permanent occupation. It is the regimented rows of an alien crop scarring a confiscated landscape, the creak of a governor’s chair in a too-large house built from imported timber, and the scent of eucalyptus planted to dry marshes where no marsh had been—the word contains its own archaeology: the turning of soil by those who arrived, the turning back toward a homeland that would never fully claim them.
Etymology
From Middle English colane, colonye, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and Köln.
name
- A place in the United States:; A town in Cullman County, Arkansas.
- A place in the United States:; A township in Adams County, Iowa.
- A place in the United States:; A township in Delaware County, Iowa.
- A place in the United States:; A minor city in Anderson County, Kansas.
- A place in the United States:; A former township in Greeley County, Kansas.
- A place in the United States:; A neighbourhood in south-west Lexington, Kentucky.
- A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community and inactive township in Knox County, Missouri.
- A place in the United States:; A town in Washita County, Oklahoma.
noun
- A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.e.g.“Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies.”
- A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.e.g.“a colony of British expats in Spain”
- A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.e.g.“a nudist colony; the statue was put up right in the middle of the artist colony”
- A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.e.g.“ant colony; coral colony”
- An apartment complex or neighborhood.e.g.“Our colony is quite small, but each apartment is large.”
- A local group of Beaver Scouts.
- A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.
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