colony
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The meaning (definition) of the word colony
a big group of the same kind of animal that all live together
The word colony used in a sentence
“The ant colony had thousands of ants working together.”
Words that mean the same as colony (synonyms)
groupsettlement
The plural of the word colony
colonies
How the word colony is said around the world
| French | colonie |
| Spanish | colonia |
| Mandarin | 殖民地 |
| Hindi | कालोनी |
| Arabic | مستعمرة |
| Russian | колония |
| Portuguese (EU) | colônia |
| Portuguese (BR) | colônia |
| Japanese | コロニー |
| German | Kolonie |
| Urdu | کالونی |
| Punjabi | ਕਲੋਨੀ |
| Korean | 식민지 |
| Hebrew | מוֹשָׁבָה |
| Greek | αποικία |
| Dutch | kolonie |
| Filipino | kolonya |
| Vietnamese | thuộc địa |
| Turkish | koloni |
| Persian | مستعمره |
| Polish | kolonia |
| Ukrainian | колонія |
| Bengali | উপনিবেশ |
| Swedish | koloni |
| Italian | colonia |
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