Colony

//ˈkɔl.ə.ni//

"Colony" in a Sentence (27 examples)

At one time Nigeria was a British colony.

The colony declared independence and became a republic.

The colony declared independence.

The colony has not declared independence as yet.

Zimbabwe was once a colony of Britain.

Kenya used to be a British colony.

King George took control of the colony in 1752.

In 1890, the colony acquired its own government.

The entire colony will inherit the mutant DNA.

Brazil was a Portuguese colony.

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Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies.

Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That in every Town in the Colony, where Bread is Baken for Sale, there ſhall be Choſen one Clerk of the Market, or more, as each Town ſhall find needful, at their Annual Election of Town Officers, who ſhall duly be Engaged, to the faithful performance of ſaid Office, as other Town Officers are ;[…]

[…] money problems and refusal to supply them with British coins were two big reasons why the thirteen colonies rebelled and declared their independence.

a colony of British expats in Spain

The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from Germany.

The question of ecclesiastical jurisdiction had to be answered before the colony sailed for East Florida.

a nudist colony; the statue was put up right in the middle of the artist colony

a leper colony on the outskirts of town; most buildings in the penal colony were made of concrete

ant colony; coral colony

a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids

colonies of stem cells

Our colony is quite small, but each apartment is large.

That weekend in 2013, fraternity members from Baruch, a commuter school in Manhattan whose Pi Delta Psi colony was only about three years old, gathered in a large rental house in Tunkhannock Township, Pa. Early on a frigid morning, Mr. Deng followed the other pledges in putting on a blindfold and backpack.

Such black Attendants Colonied thy Cell, / But for thy Preſence, Car’sbrook had been Hell.

The noble Island (which was colonied [translating habitavam] / Sometime by Tyrians) was not wanting here, / Who, on their Banners in thoſe days of yore / The famous Pillars of Alcides bore.

The emperor meant rather to ſignify, by the altar and ſacrifice, that the old religion was aboliſhed in this province, which he had colonied with new inhabitants.

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