<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A country or territory claimed and forcibly taken control of by a foreign power which sends its own people to settle there: Many African nations are former European colonies.</li><li>A group of people who leave their native country to form a settlement in a territory that their own government has claimed and forcibly taken control of: The Spanish colony in Mexico was numerous, powerful, and rich.</li><li>Any people or territory separated from but subject to a ruling power.</li><li>The Colonies, the British territories that formed the original 13 states of the United States: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.</li><li>A number of people coming from the same country or speaking the same language, residing in a foreign country or city or in a particular section of it; enclave: There is a sizable Polish colony in Israel.</li><li>Any group of individuals having similar interests, occupations, etc., usually living in a particular locality; community: After college she joined a colony of artists in Florence.</li><li>The district, quarter, or dwellings inhabited by such a group: The Greek island is now an artists' colony.</li><li><strong>Synonyms:</strong> band, body</li><li>Microbiology: A collection or mass of bacteria growing together as the descendants of a single cell.</li><li>Ecology: A group of organisms of the same kind living or growing in close association.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>