"colony" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒl.ə.ni/ [UK], /ˈkɔl.ə.ni/ [US], /ˈkɑ.lə.ni/ [US], /ˈkɔl.ə.ni/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-colony.ogg [US] Forms: colonies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷel-}}, {{der|en|la|colōnia||colony}} Latin colōnia (“colony”), {{m|la|colōnus||farmer; colonist}} colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), {{m|la|colō||till, cultivate, worship}} colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), {{m|la||quelō}} quelō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kʷel-||to move; to turn (around)}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} colony (plural colonies)
  1. An area under the political control of another country and typically occupied by settlers (colonists) from it, or by their descendants.
    Sense id: en-colony-en-noun-Us-Hcxj~
  2. A group of people who settle such an area and maintain ties to their native country, and (later) their descendants.
    Sense id: en-colony-en-noun-5qOJ4rYP
  3. A group of people, of one nationality, ethnic group, or language, residing in a different country, city, or area; the area such people occupy.
    Sense id: en-colony-en-noun-T0hsxdXJ
  4. A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
    Sense id: en-colony-en-noun-amz121M2
  5. (biology) A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (group of organisms): kolonie (Afrikaans), ⁧مُسْتَعْمَرَة⁩ (mustaʕmara) [feminine] (Arabic), գաղութ (gaġutʿ) (Armenian), koloniya (Azerbaijani), кало́нія (kalónija) [feminine] (Belarusian), калёнія (kaljónija) [feminine] (Belarusian), colônia [feminine] (Brazilian Portuguese), коло́ния (kolónija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), colònia (Catalan), 集群 (jíqún) (Chinese Mandarin), 菌落 (jūnluò, jùnluò) (note: of bacteria) (Chinese Mandarin), kolonie [feminine] (Czech), koloni [common-gender] (Danish), kolonie [feminine] (Dutch), kolonio (Esperanto), koloonia (Estonian), colónia [feminine] (European Portuguese), yhdyskunta (Finnish), yhteiskunta (Finnish), colonie [feminine] (French), colonia [feminine] (Galician), კოლონია (ḳolonia) (Georgian), Kolonie [feminine] (German), αποικία (apoikía) [feminine] (Greek), कोलोनी (kolonī) [feminine] (Hindi), kolónia (Hungarian), koloni (Indonesian), colonia [feminine] (Italian), 群体 (guntai) (alt: ぐんたい) (Japanese), コロニー (koronī) (Japanese), отар (otar) (Kazakh), 군체 (gunche) (alt: 群體) (Korean), 콜로니 (kolloni) (Korean), колония (koloniya) (Kyrgyz), kolonija [feminine] (Latvian), kolonija [feminine] (Lithuanian), колонија (kolonija) [feminine] (Macedonian), koloni [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), koloni [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ⁧کلنی⁩ (koloni) (Persian), ⁧پرگنه⁩ (pergane) (Persian), kolonia [feminine] (Polish), коло́ния (kolónija) [feminine] (Russian), ко̀ло̄нија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kòlōnija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kolónia [feminine] (Slovak), kolonija [feminine] (Slovene), colonia [feminine] (Spanish), koloni [common-gender] (Swedish), макон (makon) (Tajik), колония (koloniya) (Tajik), koloni (Turkish), коло́нія (kolónija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), koloniya (Uzbek), tập đoàn (Vietnamese), nythfa (note: of birds or insects) [feminine] (Welsh), cytref [feminine] [chemistry, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, biology] (Welsh), ⁧קאָלאָניע⁩ (kolonye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-colony-en-noun-7c2LBD10 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'group of organisms': 0 4 6 4 74 5 1 6 0
  6. A group of bacteria, fungi or other cells cultured together, especially from a single cell.
    Sense id: en-colony-en-noun-IXyiO2kg
  7. (India) An apartment complex or neighborhood. Tags: India
    Sense id: en-colony-en-noun-pvMPJk9i Categories (other): Indian English
  8. A local group of Beaver Scouts.
    Sense id: en-colony-en-noun-Y9GieSXY
  9. A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.
    Sense id: en-colony-en-noun-bqaVD9kz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Cologne (alt: n.) [city, cities, region, location], Crown colony, cult, culture, metropole Translations (region or governmental unit): kolonie (Afrikaans), koloni [feminine] (Albanian), ἀποικία (apoikía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ⁧مُسْتَعْمَرَة⁩ (mustaʕmara) [feminine] (Arabic), ⁧مُسْتَمْلَكَة⁩ (mustamlaka) [feminine] (Arabic), գաղութ (gaġutʿ) (Armenian), müstəmləkə (Azerbaijani), кало́нія (kalónija) [feminine] (Belarusian), калёнія (kaljónija) [feminine] (Belarusian), উপনিবেশ (uponibeś) (Bengali), colônia [feminine] (Brazilian Portuguese), коло́ния (kolónija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ကိုလိုနီ (kuiluini) (Burmese), colònia (Catalan), 殖民地 (zhímíndì) (Chinese Mandarin), kolonie [feminine] (Czech), koloni [common-gender] (Danish), kolonie [feminine] (Dutch), kolonio (Esperanto), koloonia (Estonian), colónia [feminine] (European Portuguese), siirtomaa (Finnish), colonie [feminine] (French), colonia [feminine] (Galician), კოლონია (ḳolonia) (Georgian), Kolonie [feminine] (German), Pflanzung [feminine] (German), Pflanzstadt [feminine] (German), αποικία (apoikía) [feminine] (Greek), ⁧מוֹשָׁבָה⁩ (moshavá) [feminine] (Hebrew), ⁧קוֹלוֹנְיָה⁩ (kolóniya) [feminine] (Hebrew), कॉलोनी (kŏlonī) [feminine] (Hindi), उपनिवेश (upniveś) [masculine] (Hindi), gyarmat (Hungarian), nýlenda (Icelandic), koloni (Indonesian), colonia [feminine] (Italian), コロニー (koronī) (Japanese), 植民地 (shokuminchi) (alt: しょくみんち) (Japanese), отарлау саясаты (otarlau saäsaty) (Kazakh), отар (otar) (Kazakh), отаршы (otarşy) (Kazakh), អាណានិគម (ʼaanaanikum) (Khmer), 식민지 (singminji) (alt: 植民地) (Korean), колония (koloniya) (Kyrgyz), ຫົວເມືອງຂຶ້ນ (hūa mư̄ang khưn) (Lao), colōnia [feminine] (Latin), kolonija [feminine] (Latvian), kolonija [feminine] (Lithuanian), колонија (kolonija) [feminine] (Macedonian), jajahan (Malay), koloni (Malay), koroni (Maori), колони (koloni) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), tẽn-yãmbga (Moore), mêtingeh [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), kolonî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), koloni [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), koloni [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ⁧مستعمره⁩ (mosta'mera) [feminine] (Pashto), ⁧مستعمره⁩ (mosta'mere) (Persian), ⁧مستملکه⁩ (mostamlake) (Persian), kolonia [feminine] (Polish), mitma (Quechua), colonie [feminine] (Romanian), коло́ния (kolónija) [feminine] (Russian), поселе́ние (poselénije) [neuter] (Russian), tuineachas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ко̀ло̄нија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kòlōnija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kolónia [feminine] (Slovak), kolonija [feminine] (Slovene), colonia [feminine] (Spanish), koloni [common-gender] (Swedish), sakupbayan (Tagalog), kolonya (Tagalog), мустамлика (mustamlika) (Tajik), мустамлака (mustamlaka) (Tajik), колония (qoloniyä) (Tatar), వలసదేశము (valasadēśamu) (Telugu), อาณานิคม (aa-naa-ní-kom) (Thai), ประเทศราช (bprà-têet-sà-râat) (Thai), เมืองขึ้น (mʉʉang-kʉ̂n) (Thai), koloni (Turkish), sömürge (Turkish), müstemleke (Turkish), koloniýa (Turkmen), коло́нія (kolónija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ⁧مۇستەملىكە⁩ (mustemlike) (Uyghur), ⁧كولونىيە⁩ (koloniye) (Uyghur), mustamlaka (Uzbek), koloniya (Uzbek), thuộc địa (Vietnamese), trefedigaeth [feminine] (Welsh), gwladfa [feminine] (Welsh), ⁧קאָלאָניע⁩ (kolonye) [feminine] (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That in every Town in the Colony, where Bread is Baken for Sale, there ſhall be Choſen one Clerk of the Market, or more, as each Town ſhall find needful, at their Annual Election of Town Officers, who ſhall duly be Engaged, to the faithful performance of ſaid Office, as other Town Officers are ;[…]",
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          "word": "集群"
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          "note": "of bacteria",
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          "sense": "group of organisms",
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        "feminine"
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "ကိုလိုနီ"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "kolonio"
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      "word": "koloonia"
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      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "siirtomaa"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "roman": "ḳolonia",
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      "word": "კოლონია"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kolonie"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧קוֹלוֹנְיָה⁩"
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      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "gyarmat"
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      "word": "koloni"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koronī",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "コロニー"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "alt": "しょくみんち",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shokuminchi",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "植民地"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "otarlau saäsaty",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "отарлау саясаты"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "otar",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "отар"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "otarşy",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "отаршы"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaanaanikum",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "អាណានិគម"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "alt": "植民地",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "singminji",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "식민지"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mêtingeh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonî"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "koloniya",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "колония"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "hūa mư̄ang khưn",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "ຫົວເມືອງຂຶ້ນ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colōnia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kolonija",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "колонија"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "jajahan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "koroni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "koloni",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "колони"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "mos",
      "lang": "Moore",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "tẽn-yãmbga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "mosta'mera",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧مستعمره⁩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mosta'mere",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "⁧مستعمره⁩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mostamlake",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "⁧مستملکه⁩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colônia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "European Portuguese",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colónia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "mitma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colonie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolónija",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коло́ния"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poselénije",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "поселе́ние"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuineachas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко̀ло̄нија"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kòlōnija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolónia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colonia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "sakupbayan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "kolonya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "mustamlika",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "мустамлика"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "mustamlaka",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "мустамлака"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "qoloniyä",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "колония"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "valasadēśamu",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "వలసదేశము"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "aa-naa-ní-kom",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "อาณานิคม"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-têet-sà-râat",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "ประเทศราช"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mʉʉang-kʉ̂n",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "เมืองขึ้น"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "sömürge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "müstemleke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "koloniýa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kolónija",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коло́нія"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "mustemlike",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "⁧مۇستەملىكە⁩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "koloniye",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "⁧كولونىيە⁩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "mustamlaka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "koloniya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "thuộc địa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trefedigaeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwladfa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 15 20 5 7 7 10 12 5",
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kolonye",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧קאָלאָניע⁩"
    }
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}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "artificial bee colony"
    },
    {
      "word": "bird colony"
    },
    {
      "alt": "n.",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "alt": "n.",
      "word": "colonialism"
    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "colonize"
    },
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      "alt": "n.",
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      "word": "colony collapse disorder"
    },
    {
      "word": "colony counter"
    },
    {
      "word": "colony-forming unit"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "colony-stimulating factor"
    },
    {
      "word": "crown colony"
    },
    {
      "word": "freedom colony"
    },
    {
      "word": "granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor"
    },
    {
      "word": "leper colony"
    },
    {
      "word": "lunar colony"
    },
    {
      "word": "neo-colony"
    },
    {
      "word": "nudist colony"
    },
    {
      "word": "O'Neill colony"
    },
    {
      "word": "penal colony"
    },
    {
      "word": "semi-colony"
    },
    {
      "word": "space colony"
    }
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        {
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            "1": "tpi",
            "2": "koloni"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tkl",
            "2": "kolone",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tokelauan: kolone"
    }
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    {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "colōnia",
        "4": "",
        "5": "colony"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin colōnia (“colony”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "colōnus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "farmer; colonist"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
        "3": "quelō"
      },
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "4": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "colonies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "alt": "n.",
      "topics": [
        "city",
        "cities",
        "region",
        "location"
      ],
      "word": "Cologne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Crown colony"
    },
    {
      "word": "cult"
    },
    {
      "word": "culture"
    },
    {
      "word": "metropole"
    }
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1719, “An ACT, Stating the due Aſſize of Bread”, in The Charter Granted by His Majeſty, King Charles the Second, to the Colony of Rhode-Iſland, and Providence-plantations in America, John Allen, page 59",
          "text": "And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That in every Town in the Colony, where Bread is Baken for Sale, there ſhall be Choſen one Clerk of the Market, or more, as each Town ſhall find needful, at their Annual Election of Town Officers, who ſhall duly be Engaged, to the faithful performance of ſaid Office, as other Town Officers are ;[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1939, Frederic Majer, Our Country's Money",
          "text": "[…] money problems and refusal to supply them with British coins were two big reasons why the thirteen colonies rebelled and declared their independence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An area under the political control of another country and typically occupied by settlers (colonists) from it, or by their descendants."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Kenneth H. Beeson Jr., Fromajadas and Indigo: The Minorcan Colony in Florida, Arcadia Publishing",
          "text": "The question of ecclesiastical jurisdiction had to be answered before the colony sailed for East Florida.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A group of people who settle such an area and maintain ties to their native country, and (later) their descendants."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a colony of British expats in Spain",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from Germany.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A group of people, of one nationality, ethnic group, or language, residing in a different country, city, or area; the area such people occupy."
      ],
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        [
          "nationality",
          "nationality"
        ],
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          "ethnic",
          "ethnic"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a nudist colony; the statue was put up right in the middle of the artist colony",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "a leper colony on the outskirts of town; most buildings in the penal colony were made of concrete",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ant colony; coral colony",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ]
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        "natural-sciences"
      ]
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          "bacteria"
        ]
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          "type": "example"
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          "headquarters"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɒl.ə.ni/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔl.ə.ni/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑ.lə.ni/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɔl.ə.ni/",
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      ]
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "kolonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mustaʕmara",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧مُسْتَعْمَرَة⁩"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mustamlaka",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧مُسْتَمْلَكَة⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gaġutʿ",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "գաղութ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "müstəmləkə"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kalónija",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кало́нія"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kaljónija",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "калёнія"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "uponibeś",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "উপনিবেশ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kolónija",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коло́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kuiluini",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "ကိုလိုနီ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "colònia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhímíndì",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "殖民地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "kolonio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "koloonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "siirtomaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳolonia",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "კოლონია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kolonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pflanzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pflanzstadt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apoikía",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αποικία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apoikía",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀποικία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "moshavá",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧מוֹשָׁבָה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kolóniya",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧קוֹלוֹנְיָה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kŏlonī",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "कॉलोनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "upniveś",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "उपनिवेश"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "gyarmat"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "nýlenda"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koronī",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "コロニー"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょくみんち",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shokuminchi",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "植民地"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "otarlau saäsaty",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "отарлау саясаты"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "otar",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "отар"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "otarşy",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "отаршы"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaanaanikum",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "អាណានិគម"
    },
    {
      "alt": "植民地",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "singminji",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "식민지"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mêtingeh"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "koloniya",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "колония"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "hūa mư̄ang khưn",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "ຫົວເມືອງຂຶ້ນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colōnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kolonija",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "колонија"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "jajahan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "koroni"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "koloni",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "колони"
    },
    {
      "code": "mos",
      "lang": "Moore",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "tẽn-yãmbga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "mosta'mera",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧مستعمره⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mosta'mere",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "⁧مستعمره⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mostamlake",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "⁧مستملکه⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colônia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "European Portuguese",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colónia"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "mitma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolónija",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коло́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poselénije",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "поселе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuineachas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко̀ло̄нија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kòlōnija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolónia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "sakupbayan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "kolonya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "mustamlika",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "мустамлика"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "mustamlaka",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "мустамлака"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "qoloniyä",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "колония"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "valasadēśamu",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "వలసదేశము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "aa-naa-ní-kom",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "อาณานิคม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-têet-sà-râat",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "ประเทศราช"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mʉʉang-kʉ̂n",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "เมืองขึ้น"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "sömürge"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "müstemleke"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "koloniýa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kolónija",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коло́нія"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "mustemlike",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "⁧مۇستەملىكە⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "koloniye",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "⁧كولونىيە⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "mustamlaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "koloniya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "word": "thuộc địa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trefedigaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwladfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kolonye",
      "sense": "region or governmental unit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧קאָלאָניע⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "kolonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mustaʕmara",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧مُسْتَعْمَرَة⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gaġutʿ",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "գաղութ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "koloniya"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kalónija",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кало́нія"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kaljónija",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "калёнія"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kolónija",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коло́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "colònia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jíqún",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "集群"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of bacteria",
      "roman": "jūnluò, jùnluò",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "菌落"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "kolonio"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "koloonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "yhdyskunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "yhteiskunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳolonia",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "კოლონია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kolonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apoikía",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αποικία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kolonī",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "कोलोनी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "kolónia"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colonia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぐんたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "guntai",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "群体"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koronī",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "コロニー"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "otar",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "отар"
    },
    {
      "alt": "群體",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gunche",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "군체"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kolloni",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "콜로니"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "koloniya",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "колония"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kolonija",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "колонија"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "koloni",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "⁧کلنی⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pergane",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "⁧پرگنه⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colônia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "European Portuguese",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colónia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolónija",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коло́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко̀ло̄нија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kòlōnija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolónia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolonija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "makon",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "макон"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "koloniya",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "колония"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "koloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kolónija",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коло́нія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "koloniya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "word": "tập đoàn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "note": "of birds or insects",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nythfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences",
        "biology"
      ],
      "word": "cytref"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kolonye",
      "sense": "group of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧קאָלאָניע⁩"
    }
  ],
  "word": "colony"
}

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