colony

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɒ.lə.ni/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɔ.lə.ni/ or /ˈkɑ.lə.ni/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: col‧ony

Noun

Singular colony

Plural colonies

1. (countable) A colony is a place that is settled by people from another place.

   The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from New York and Germany

2. (countable) A colony is a group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.

   An ant colony is a large group of ants that live together

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  A map showing colonies in 1945. (sense 1)

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  colony in biology (E.coli). (sense 2)

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  colony in biology. (sense 2)