Antonyms of colony from BoostVocab

colony

/'kɑləni/

noun
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
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dependency

type of:
geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region
noun
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
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"the American colony in Paris"

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settlement

type of:
body
noun
a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
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type of:
biological group
noun
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
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"a nudist colony" "an artists' colony"

type of:
property place
noun
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
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type of:
animal group
noun
one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
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type of:
geographical region geographical area geographic area geographic region

part of:
the states u.s. u.s.a. united states united states of america us usa america

Antonyms of colony

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