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colony

/ˈkɒl.əni/

An illustration for colony

noun

country or settlement controlled by another country

  • “Over there is a place where several colonies of birds nest.”Tatoeba
  • “The colony has not declared independence as yet.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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