Noun
a group of animals of the same type living together

Noun
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

Noun
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state''s system of government

Noun
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

Noun
one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

n.
A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.

n.
The district or country colonized; a settlement.

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A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.

n.
A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.

Colony

The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials.

A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.