A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.
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| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > colony (8) colonyc1550 A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country. habitation1555 A settlement. plantation1609 A settlement in a conquered or dominated country; a colony. Also in extended use. Now historical. settlement1697 (Cf. sense 6) A community of the subjects of a state settled in a new country; a tract of country so settled, a colony, esp. one in its earlier… Subcategories:— colonial quality (2) — Roman (1) — Jewish (1) |
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