English to English
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
The American colony in Paris.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
source: WordNet 3.0
- one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
source: WordNet 3.0
- a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
A nudist colony.
An artists' colony.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
source: WordNet 3.0
- (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- A cell family or group of common origin, mostly of unicellular organisms, esp. among the lower algæ. They may adhere in chains or groups, or be held together by a gelatinous envelope.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [cóloni] Lupang sakop; lupang bagong pinananahanan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
