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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.