colony

colony is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.
2. noun. The district or country colonized; a settlement.
3. noun. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
4. noun. A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
5. noun. a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
6. noun. (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
7. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: settlement

8. noun. a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

   Synonyms: dependency

9. noun. a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

   "a nudist colony"

   "an artists' colony"

10. noun. one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

Synonyms

settlement, dependency

Common word forms

colonies

Words from these letters

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