Colonies
Colonies İngilizce anlamı ve tanımı
Colonies anlamları
- (pl. ) of Colony
Colonies tanım:
Kelime: col·o·ny
Söyleniş: 'kä-l&-nE
İşlev: noun
Türleri: plural -nies
Kökeni: Middle English colonie, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin colonia, from colonus farmer, colonist, from colere to cultivate -- more at WHEEL
1 a : a body of people living in a new territory but retaining ties with the parent state b : the territory inhabited by such a body
2 : a distinguishable localized population within a species colony of termites
3 a : a circumscribed mass of microorganisms usually growing in or on a solid medium b : the aggregation of zooids of a compound animal
4 a : a group of individuals or things with common characteristics or interests situated in close association an artist colony b : the section occupied by such a group
5 : a group of persons institutionalized away from others a leper colony a penal colony ; also : the land or buildings occupied by such a group