What does "colony" mean?
Colony: The district or country colonized; a settlement.
Additional senses
- 2.A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
- 3.(Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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