English-Swedish translations for colony

• koloni en
  Dessutom är Tchad en före detta koloni till Frankrike.In addition, Chad is a former colony of France.
  Detta vittnar om att förtrycket ökar på nytt i denna före detta spanska koloni.This means that repression is once again intensifying in this former Spanish colony.
  Den tidigare portugisiska kolonin Guinea-Bissau är ett av de fattigaste länderna i världen.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

Related words

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