COLONY

/ˈkɒl.əni/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 13

Scrabble letter values: C₃O₁L₁O₁N₁Y₄ = 11

Definition

noun a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland. — synonyms: settlement
noun a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together.
noun one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States.
noun a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated.
noun a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country. — synonyms: dependency
noun (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell.

“inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government”
“the American colony in Paris”
“a nudist colony”