colonial

/kəˈloʊ.njəl/
adjectivenoun

Of or pertaining to a colony.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 4 meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to a colony.

  2. Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.

  3. Of or pertaining to the ideals of colonialism.

  4. Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.

Noun 3 meanings

  1. A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.

  2. A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England.

  3. A coin or postage stamp issued by a colony.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From colony + -al.

COLONIAL at a glance

COLONIAL has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + L 1 + O 1 + N 1 + I 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,307 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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