English-Spanish translations for colony

• colonia
  Además, Chad es una antigua colonia francesa. In addition, Chad is a former colony of France.
  El motivo aducido es la colonia de marmotas. The colony of marmots is the reason given.
  ¿Por no hacer peligrar los intereses comerciales franceses en la antigua colonia? Is it because of the French business interests in the former colony?
• Colonia
  Además, Chad es una antigua colonia francesa. In addition, Chad is a former colony of France.
  El motivo aducido es la colonia de marmotas. The colony of marmots is the reason given.
  ¿Por no hacer peligrar los intereses comerciales franceses en la antigua colonia? Is it because of the French business interests in the former colony?

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

Related words

• semi-colony
• colony collapse disorder
• colony hybridization
• penal colony
• bee colony
• crown colony
• Cape Colony
• leper colony
• ant colony