English
Pronunciation
kol-o-ni
International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA (w:American English|US): /�kal�ni�/
audio|en-us-colony.ogg|Audio (US)
Etymology
Latin colonia; ultimately from Indo-European *qwel
Noun
en-noun|colonies
- Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.
#* Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain.
- A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
#* ant colony
#* The Portuguese Man O' War (Physalia physalis), also known as the bluebubble, bluebottle or the man-of-war, is commonly thought of as a jellyfish but is actually a siphonophore � a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids. Wikipedia article on w|Portuguese Man o' War
Derived terms
colonial (adj., n.)
colonialism (n.)
colonise, colonize
colonist (n.)
Cologne (city, n.)
Related terms
colere (Latin)
colonus (Latin)
Crown colony
cult
culture
Translations
trans-top|region or governmental unit
Chinese: ���, ���
Danish: koloni c
Dutch: kolonie f
Finnish: siirtomaa
French: colonie f
German: Kolonie f
Greek: α�οικία f
Hebrew: ��ש�� (moshava) f
Italian: colonia f
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Japanese: ã�³ã�ã��ã�¼ (koronÄ«)
Korean: �민�
Kurdish: mêtingeh f, kolonî f
Latin: colonia f
Norwegian: koloni m
Polish: kolonia f
Portuguese: colônia f
Russian: колони� f (koloniya)
Spanish: colonia f
Swedish: t|sv|koloni|c
Vietnamese: thu�c ��a
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trans-top|group of organisms
Finnish: t|fi|yhdyskunta, t|fi|yhteiskunta
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