English-Dutch translations for colony
- kolonieDaarnaast is Tsjaad een voormalige kolonie van Frankrijk. In addition, Chad is a former colony of France. Het betekent dat de onderdrukking in deze voormalige Spaanse kolonie weer aan het toenemen is. This means that repression is once again intensifying in this former Spanish colony. Guinee-Bissau, een voormalige kolonie van Portugal, is een van de armste landen ter wereld. Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony, is one of the poorest countries in the world.
Definition of colony
- A governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country
- A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their place of origin
- An apartment complex
- A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area
- A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association
- A local group of Beaver Scouts
Examples
- Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain
- Our colony is quite small, but each apartment is large
- The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from Germany
- ant colony
- a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids
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