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Colony | one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States | |
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colony | a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together | |
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colony, dependency | a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country | |
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colony | [in microbiology] a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell | |
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settlement, colony | a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government | |
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colony | a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated |