colony
A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
Noun 4 meanings
A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
“Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies.”
A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
“a colony of British expats in Spain”
A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
“a nudist colony; the statue was put up right in the middle of the artist colony”
A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
“ant colony; coral colony”
Etymology
From Middle English colane, colonye, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and Köln.
COLONY at a glance
COLONY has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + L 1 + O 1 + N 1 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,769 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with colony
All rhymes- TONY7
- CEREMONY15
- TESTIMONY14
- HARMONY15
- IRONY8
- PONY9
- BALCONY14
- FELONY12
- SYMPHONY21
- AGONY9
- PHONY13
- EBONY10
One letter away
- COLONS8
- COLONI8
- COLONE8
- POLONY11
- COLORY11
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