Definition of Colony

an area where individuals who have something in common live as a group

Examples of Colony in a sentence

Since Elaine is very modest, we know she will not join us at the nudist colony.  🔊

Several families who disapproved of the federal government’s policies moved to an isolated island and formed a colony.  🔊

When the settlers established a colony on the new continent, they did so in hopes of being able to worship freely.  🔊

Everyone in the new colony attended the same church.  🔊

In class we learned ants live in a group called a colony.  🔊

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