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nouna geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
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"the American colony in Paris"nouna 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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"a nudist colony" "an artists' colony"nouna place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
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noun(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent celltype of:
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nounone of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
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- plymouth colony colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620; it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691