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noun (colonies)
  1. Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.
    • Bermuda is a crown of Great Britain.
      1. A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
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    • 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 of specialized polyps and medusoids. Wikipedia article on (w, Portuguese Man o' War)
Translations: 
  • Dutch: kolonie
  • French: colonie
  • German: Kolonie
  • Italian: colonia
  • Spanish: colonia
Etymology: Latin colonia; ultimately from Indo-European
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