1.Definition: (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

Category: General

2.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):settlement

Category: General

3.Definition: a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

Related Noun(s):dependency

Category: Places

4.Definition: a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

Category: General

5.Definition: a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

"A nudist colony", "An artists' colony"

Category: Places

6.Definition: one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

Category: Places