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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | colonie, from Latin colonia, from colonus 'farmer, someone who develops a new place', from colere 'to prepare land for crops' |
1 a country or area that is under the political control of a more powerful country, usually one that is far away [↪ colonial, colonize]: 
Algeria was formerly a French colony.
Algeria was formerly a French colony.2PGSH one of the 13 areas of land on the east coast of North America that later became the United States
3 a group of people who are similar in some way and who live together, or the place where they live : an artists' colony a leper colony
an artists' colonya leper colony4 a group of animals or plants of the same type that are living or growing together : a seal colony breeding colonies of rare birds
a seal colonybreeding colonies of rare birds
