colony -
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"
plantation a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America); "the practice of sending convicted criminals to serve on the Plantations was common in the 17th century"
proprietary colony a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)
Colony -
one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
A colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a state. For colonies in antiquity, city-states would often found their own colonies. Some colonies were historically countries, while others were territories without definite statehood from their inception.
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colony A group of the same species of plants or animals that live or grow close together.
colony A settlement of people who leave their country to go live in a new land.
colony A territory under the immediate political control of a state.
