Acadia |
a former French colony on the northeastern coast of Canada. |
Aden |
a former British colony and protectorate, now part of Yemen. [1/2 definitions] |
Aeolis |
an ancient Greek colony on the northwest coast of Asia Minor. |
Algeria |
a North African country located between Morocco and Libya, formerly a French colony. |
Bermuda |
a British colony comprising a group of islands southeast of North Carolina. |
colonial |
of or pertaining to a territory ruled by a distant country; of or pertaining to a colony or colonies. [3/5 definitions] |
colonist |
an inhabitant or member of a colony. [2 definitions] |
colonize |
to create a colony of. [2/3 definitions] |
crown colony |
a British colony administered by a governor appointed by the home government in London. |
culture |
a colony of bacteria or other microscopic living matter, often produced for medical purposes or scientific experimentation. [1/8 definitions] |
decolonization |
the process or act of freeing a colony or eliminating colonialism. |
decolonize |
to set free (a colony or colonies) from colonial rule. |
dependency |
something dependent or under the authority of another, esp. a colony or territory. [1/2 definitions] |
dependent colony |
colony in which a majority native population is ruled by a small number of representatives from the controlling nation. |
Gibraltar |
a British crown colony located on this peninsula. [1/3 definitions] |
hive |
the colony of bees that lives in such a structure. [1/5 definitions] |
Hobbamock |
member of the Wampanoag Indian tribe of North America who had a special status as a counselor to the tribe's chief, Chief Massasoit, and as an interpreter for English colonists living alongside the tribe in Plymouth Colony in the 1620s. |
honey pot |
any of certain worker ants whose bodies store a honeylike food that will be used by the entire colony. [1/3 definitions] |
Hong Kong |
a region of southeast China containing Hong Kong Island as well as many other islands and the adjacent mainland. Hong Kong was a British colony from the 1840s until 1997 when it was reverted to Chinese rule as a "Special Administrative Region." While it is a part of China and controlled by the Chinese government on all matters related to defense and foreign affairs, Hong Kong operates with a great deal of autonomy, with its own legal system, police force, immigration policy, and currency. |
metropolitan |
of, pertaining to, or designating the mother state of a colony, territory, or the like. [1/7 definitions] |
nabob |
a wealthy, influential, or prominent person, esp. one who made his fortune in India or another Eastern colony. [1/2 definitions] |