COLONY

[noun] [C] - a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful and often distant countryAustralia and New Zealand are former British colonies.A colony is also a group of people who leave their own country to live and work in another one but still officially belong to their own country.That first winter in America was very hard for the new colony.The British colony in Spain has its/have their own newspaper.A colony can also be a group of people with a shared interest or job who live together in a way that is separate from other people.an artists' colonya nudist colony(specialized) A colony is also a group of animals, insects or plants of the same type that live together.a colony of ants/termites/bacteria