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Colony

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

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Senses

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a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

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(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

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a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland

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a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
dependencysettlement
plural
Colonies
possessive
Colony's
pluralpossessive
Colonies'