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 related to a colony or colonies. [3/2 definitions] |
colonialism |
the practice that a country is engaged in when it takes over another country and sets up its own government and colony there. A "colony" is what the country is called that is taken over by the more powerful country. Colonialism serves the purpose of creating wealth and power for the ruling country. |
colonist |
a person who lives in or is a member of a colony. [2 definitions] |
colonize |
to create a colony of. [2/3 definitions] |
colony |
a place which is under the control of a distant country. People from that country often move to and live in the colony. |
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 thing. [1/2 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 off the southern coast of China. Hong Kong was once a British colony but was returned to Chinese rule in 1997. |