Define colony?

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Colony:1: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; 2:a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together; 3:one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States; 4:a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated.

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Colony (noun) 1. a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation. 2. the country or district settled or colonized: Many Western nations are former European colonies.

Answered by Maryann G. - 1117 days ago at 3:57pm on May 07 2009

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Colony n: a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of MORE?

Answered by Angela H. - 1181 days ago at 7:39pm on Mar 04 2009