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Colony : (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 [syn: settlement]
2: a group of animals of the same type living together
3: one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original
states of the United States [syn: Colony]
4: a geographical area politically controlled by a distant
country [syn: dependency]
5: (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single
parent cell
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Colony : \Col"o*ny\, n.
1. (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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Colony : \Col"o*ny\, n.; pl. Colonies. [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.
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.
2. The district or country colonized; a settlement.
3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a
foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
4. (Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or
growing together, beyond their usual range.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Colony, AL (town, FIPS 16684)
Location: 33.94138 N, 86.90118 W
Population (1990): 298 (106 housing units)
Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Colony, KS (city, FIPS 14950)
Location: 38.07064 N, 95.36216 W
Population (1990): 447 (197 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66015
Colony, OK (town, FIPS 16400)
Location: 35.34765 N, 98.67011 W
Population (1990): 163 (78 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73021
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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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.
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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