transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒləni ]
( colonies)
1.
A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country.
In France’s former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing...
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2.
You can refer to a place where a particular group of people lives as a particular kind of colony .
...a penal colony.
...industrial colonies.
N-COUNT : usu with supp
3.
A colony of birds, insects, or animals is a group of them that live together.
The Shetlands are famed for their colonies of sea birds...
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