colony

name

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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony From Middle English colane, colonye, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and Köln.

1. A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.

   “Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies.”

   “Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain.”

2. A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.

   “a colony of British expats in Spain”

   “The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from Germany.”

3. A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.

   “a nudist colony; the statue was put up right in the middle of the artist colony”

   “a leper colony on the outskirts of town; most buildings in the penal colony were made of concrete”

4. A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.

   “ant colony; coral colony”

   “a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids”

5. An apartment complex or neighborhood.

   “Our colony is quite small, but each apartment is large.”

6. A local group of Beaver Scouts.
7. A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.

   “That weekend in 2013, fraternity members from Baruch, a commuter school in Manhattan whose Pi Delta Psi colony was only about three years old, gathered in a large rental house in Tunkhannock Township, Pa. Early on a frigid morning, Mr. Deng followed the other pledges in putting on a blindfold and backpack.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony From Middle English colane, colonye, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and Köln.

1. To colonize.

   “Such black Attendants Colonied thy Cell, / But for thy Preſence, Car’sbrook had been Hell.”

   “The noble Island (which was colonied [translating habitavam] / Sometime by Tyrians) was not wanting here, / Who, on their Banners in thoſe days of yore / The famous Pillars of Alcides bore.”