"colonial power" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: colonial powers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} colonial power (plural colonial powers)
  1. (mainly historical) a country which possesses, or formerly possessed, colonies in different parts of the world. Tags: historical, mainly Translations (country with colonies): siirtomaavalta (Finnish), puissance coloniale [feminine] (French), Kolonialmacht [feminine] (German), ವಸಾಹತುಶಾಹಿ ಅಧಿಕಾರ (vasāhatuśāhi adhikāra) (Kannada), kolonimakt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kolonimakt [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), putere colonială [feminine] (Romanian), kolonialmakt [common-gender] (Swedish)

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