1. A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
   "Hong Kong was a British colony until 1997";
   - dependency
    
2. A place where a group of people establish a new community
   "the American colony in Paris";
   - settlement
    
3. A group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
   "A colony of bats roosted in the cave"
    
4. A place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
   "a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony"
    
5. (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
   "The scientist examined the bacterial colonies growing in the petri dish"

1. Any of the 13 British colonies that became the original states of the United States
   "Massachusetts was an important Colony in New England"

Derived forms: colonies, Colonies

Type of: animal group, biological group, body, geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, place, property

Part of: America, 'Merica, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: Colony, Missouri