Colony

//ˈkɔl.ə.ni//

Synonyms for "colony" (160 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Strong matches (48)

Noun(1 words)
dependency

Related words (80)

Noun(1 words)
settlement

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9 entries

More specific

3 entries

Antonyms

7 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

5 entries

derived

46 entries

Showing 16 of 46 words.

has context

2 entries

is a

8 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

225 entries

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Translations

157 translations across 75 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • kolonie noun (region or governmental unit)
  • kolonie noun (group of organisms)

Albanian

1 entries
  • koloni noun (region or governmental unit)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀποικία noun (region or governmental unit)

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

1 entries
  • kalni noun (region or governmental unit)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مُسْتَعْمَرَة noun (region or governmental unit)
  • مُسْتَعْمَرَة noun (group of organisms)
  • مُسْتَمْلَكَة noun (region or governmental unit)

Armenian

2 entries
  • գաղութ noun (region or governmental unit)
  • գաղութ noun (group of organisms)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • koloniya noun (group of organisms)
  • müstəmləkə noun (region or governmental unit)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • кало́нія noun (region or governmental unit)
  • кало́нія noun (group of organisms)
  • калёнія noun (region or governmental unit)
  • калёнія noun (group of organisms)

Bengali

1 entries
  • উপনিবেশ noun (region or governmental unit)

Brazilian Portuguese

2 entries
  • colônia noun (region or governmental unit)
  • colônia noun (group of organisms)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • коло́ния noun (region or governmental unit)
  • коло́ния noun (group of organisms)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကိုလိုနီ noun (region or governmental unit)

Catalan

2 entries
  • colònia noun (region or governmental unit)
  • colònia noun (group of organisms)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 殖民地 noun (region or governmental unit)
  • 菌落 noun (group of organisms)
  • 集群 noun (group of organisms)

Czech

2 entries
  • kolonie noun (region or governmental unit)
  • kolonie noun (group of organisms)

Danish

2 entries
  • koloni noun (region or governmental unit)
  • koloni noun (group of organisms)

Dutch

2 entries
  • kolonie noun (region or governmental unit)
  • kolonie noun (group of organisms)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • kolonio noun (region or governmental unit)
  • kolonio noun (group of organisms)

Estonian

2 entries
  • koloonia noun (region or governmental unit)
  • koloonia noun (group of organisms)

European Portuguese

2 entries
  • colónia noun (region or governmental unit)
  • colónia noun (group of organisms)

Finnish

3 entries
  • siirtomaa noun (region or governmental unit)
  • yhdyskunta noun (group of organisms)
  • yhteiskunta noun (group of organisms)

French

2 entries
  • colonie noun (region or governmental unit)
  • colonie noun (group of organisms)

Galician

2 entries
  • colonia noun (region or governmental unit)
  • colonia noun (group of organisms)

Georgian

2 entries
  • კოლონია noun (region or governmental unit)
  • კოლონია noun (group of organisms)

German

2 entries
  • Kolonie noun (region or governmental unit)
  • Kolonie noun (group of organisms)

Greek

2 entries
  • αποικία noun (region or governmental unit)
  • αποικία noun (group of organisms)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מוֹשָׁבָה noun (region or governmental unit)
  • מושבה noun (group of organisms)
  • קוֹלוֹנְיָה noun (region or governmental unit)

Hindi

3 entries
  • उपनिवेश noun (region or governmental unit)
  • कॉलोनी noun (region or governmental unit)
  • कोलोनी noun (group of organisms)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • gyarmat noun (region or governmental unit)
  • kolónia noun (group of organisms)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • nýlenda noun (region or governmental unit)
  • nýlenda noun (group of organisms)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • koloni noun (region or governmental unit)
  • koloni noun (group of organisms)

Irish

1 entries
  • coilíneacht noun (region or governmental unit)

Italian

2 entries
  • colonia noun (region or governmental unit)
  • colonia noun (group of organisms)

Japanese

4 entries
  • コロニー noun (region or governmental unit)
  • コロニー noun (group of organisms)
  • 植民地 noun (region or governmental unit)
  • 群体 noun (group of organisms)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • отар noun (region or governmental unit)
  • отар noun (group of organisms)
  • отарлау саясаты noun (region or governmental unit)
  • отаршы noun (region or governmental unit)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អាណានិគម noun (region or governmental unit)

Korean

3 entries
  • 군체 noun (group of organisms)
  • 식민지 noun (region or governmental unit)
  • 콜로니 noun (group of organisms)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • колония noun (region or governmental unit)
  • колония noun (group of organisms)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຫົວເມືອງຂຶ້ນ noun (region or governmental unit)

Latin

1 entries
  • colōnia noun (region or governmental unit)

Latvian

2 entries
  • kolonija noun (region or governmental unit)
  • kolonija noun (group of organisms)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • kolonija noun (region or governmental unit)
  • kolonija noun (group of organisms)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • колонија noun (region or governmental unit)
  • колонија noun (group of organisms)

Malay

2 entries
  • jajahan noun (region or governmental unit)
  • koloni noun (region or governmental unit)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • колони noun (region or governmental unit)

Moore

1 entries
  • tẽn-yãmbga noun (region or governmental unit)

Māori

1 entries
  • koroni noun (region or governmental unit)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • kolonî noun (region or governmental unit)
  • mêtingeh noun (region or governmental unit)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • koloni noun (region or governmental unit)
  • koloni noun (group of organisms)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • koloni noun (region or governmental unit)
  • koloni noun (group of organisms)

Pashto

1 entries
  • مستعمره noun (region or governmental unit)

Persian

4 entries
  • مستعمره noun (region or governmental unit)
  • مستملکه noun (region or governmental unit)
  • مهاجرنشین noun (region or governmental unit)
  • پرگنه noun (group of organisms)

Polish

2 entries
  • kolonia noun (region or governmental unit)
  • kolonia noun (group of organisms)

Quechua

1 entries
  • mitma noun (region or governmental unit)

Romanian

1 entries
  • colonie noun (region or governmental unit)

Russian

3 entries
  • коло́ния noun (region or governmental unit)
  • коло́ния noun (group of organisms)
  • поселе́ние noun (region or governmental unit)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • tuineachas noun (region or governmental unit)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kòlōnija noun (region or governmental unit)
  • kòlōnija noun (group of organisms)
  • ко̀ло̄нија noun (region or governmental unit)
  • ко̀ло̄нија noun (group of organisms)

Slovak

2 entries
  • kolónia noun (region or governmental unit)
  • kolónia noun (group of organisms)

Slovene

2 entries
  • kolonija noun (region or governmental unit)
  • kolonija noun (group of organisms)

Spanish

2 entries
  • colonia noun (region or governmental unit)
  • colonia noun (group of organisms)

Swedish

2 entries
  • koloni noun (region or governmental unit)
  • koloni noun (group of organisms)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • kolonya noun (region or governmental unit)
  • sakupbayan noun (region or governmental unit)

Tajik

4 entries
  • колония noun (group of organisms)
  • макон noun (group of organisms)
  • мустамлака noun (region or governmental unit)
  • мустамлика noun (region or governmental unit)

Tatar

1 entries
  • колония noun (region or governmental unit)

Telugu

1 entries
  • వలసదేశము noun (region or governmental unit)

Thai

3 entries
  • ประเทศราช noun (region or governmental unit)
  • อาณานิคม noun (region or governmental unit)
  • เมืองขึ้น noun (region or governmental unit)

Turkish

4 entries
  • koloni noun (region or governmental unit)
  • koloni noun (group of organisms)
  • müstemleke noun (region or governmental unit)
  • sömürge noun (region or governmental unit)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • koloniýa noun (region or governmental unit)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • коло́нія noun (region or governmental unit)
  • коло́нія noun (group of organisms)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • كولونىيە noun (region or governmental unit)
  • مۇستەملىكە noun (region or governmental unit)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • koloniya noun (region or governmental unit)
  • koloniya noun (group of organisms)
  • mustamlaka noun (region or governmental unit)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • thuộc địa noun (region or governmental unit)
  • tập đoàn noun (group of organisms)

Welsh

4 entries
  • cytref noun (group of organisms)
  • gwladfa noun (region or governmental unit)
  • nythfa noun (group of organisms)
  • trefedigaeth noun (region or governmental unit)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • קאָלאָניע noun (region or governmental unit)
  • קאָלאָניע noun (group of organisms)

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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