colony /'kɒlәni/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) 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…
• (n.) a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
• (n.) one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

Chinese translation

• n. 殖民地, 移民队
• [医] 菌(集)落, 菌丛; 移民区

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'kɒlәni/

Syllables

3

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 4.12 · Super Rare

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color · colour · colonel · colonial · colossal · colonize · colonist

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