definition of
colony

[1] #1 colony n. [settlement] 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; "the American colony in Paris". wn

[2] #2 colony n. a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together. wn

[3] #3 colony n. [Colony] one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States. wn

[4] #4 colony n. a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated; "a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony". wn

[5] #5 colony n. [dependency] a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country. wn