Colony

/ˈkɔl.ə.ni/

Synonyms for "colony" (185 found)

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Noun(9 words)

settlement armies basutoland beehivebritish colony in the americascluster colo communityculture of fungus

adverse possessionally alodium archduchy archdukedom army ashram bodybody politicbuffer statebunch burgagecaptive nationcaste chieftaincy chieftainrycity statecity-state claim clan

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class commonweal commonwealth commune community country county

Adjective(1 words)

colonial organism

Strong matches (56)

de factode juredependencyderivative titledomain dominion drift drive drove duchy dukedom earldomeconomic classempery empireendogamous groupextended familyfamilyfee fieffee position

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fee simplefee simple absolutefee simple conditionalfee simple defeasiblefee simple determinablefee tailfeodum feud fiefdom flock frankalmoignfree cityfree socagefreehold gam gang gavelkind gensgrand duchyhaving title toherd hold holding host kennel kingdomkinship groupknight servicelandlay fee

Noun(6 words)

dependencydutch koloniaalfrench colonialgrowthhuman settlementitalian coloniale

Related words (92)

lease leaseholdlegal claimlegal possessionlitter mandant mandatemandated territorymandatee mandatory moiety nation nationalitynuclear familyoccupancy occupation orderoriginal titleowning pack

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phratria phratry phyle pod polis polity possessing possession power preoccupancy preoccupation prepossession prescription pride principality principate propertyproperty rightsproprietary rightsprotectorate provincepuppet governmentpuppet regimerealm republic satellite school seisin seneschalty settlement shoal skulk sloth socagesocial classsocietysovereign nationsquatting state subcaste sublease sultanate superpower tenancy tenantry tenuretenure in chivalryterritory title toparchia toparchy totem trip troop underlease undertenancy usucapionvillein socagevilleinhold villenage

Noun(11 words)

megos newfoundland outpost plymouth population possession queensland roanoke settlings swarm territory

Adjective(1 words)

multi-organism

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More general

12 entries

animal groupbiological groupbodygeographic areageographic regiongeographical areageographical regionplace population property settlement territory

More specific

8 entries

British colonyBritish settlementDutch colonyFrench colonySpanish settlementbacterial colonyfungal colonyyeast colony

Collocations

6 entries

ant colonybacterial colonycolonial eracolony formationcolony growthnew colony

Inflections

1 entries

colonies

Derivations

7 entries

colonial colonialism colonially colonization colonize colonizer colonizing

Sample sentences

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At one time Nigeria was a British colony.

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The colony declared independence and became a republic.

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The colony declared independence.

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The colony has not declared independence as yet.

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