English-Thai Dictionary

colony

N กลุ่ม  หมู่  เหล่า  พวก  community group swarm klum

 

colony

N ประชาชน ใน อาณานิคม  people community pioneers colonists forerunners pra-cha-chon-nai-ar-na-ni-kom

 

colony

N ประเทศ อาณานิคม  เมืองขึ้น  ประเทศราช  settlement dependency dominion possession mandate par=thad-ar-na-ni-kom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COLONY

n. 1. A company or body of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country to cultivate and inhabit it, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as the British colonies in America or the Indies; the Spanish colonies in South America. When such settlements cease to be subject to the parent state, they are no longer denominated colonies.
The first settles of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials.
2. The country planted or colonized; a plantation; also, the body of inhabitants in a territory colonized, including the descendants of the first planters. The people, though born in the territory, retain the name of colonists, till they cease to be subjects of the parent state.
3. A collection of animals; as colonies of shell-fish.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COLONY

Col "o *ny, n.; pl. Colonies. Etym: [L. colonia, fr. colonus farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie. Cf. Culture. ]

 

1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America. The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials. Ames.

 

2. The district or country colonized; a settlement.

 

3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.

 

4. (Nat. Hist. )

 

Defn: A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

colony

col o ny |ˈkälənē ˈkɑləni | ▶noun ( pl. colonies ) 1 a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country. • a group of people living in such a country or area, consisting of the original settlers and their descendants and successors. • (the Colonies ) chiefly British term for Thirteen Colonies. • (the colonies ) all the foreign countries or areas formerly under British political control. 2 a group of people of one nationality or ethnic group living in a foreign city or country: the British colony in New York. • a place where a group of people with similar interests live together: an artists' colony. 3 Biology a community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure: a colony of seals. • a group of fungi or bacteria grown from a single spore or cell on a culture medium. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a settlement formed mainly of retired soldiers, acting as a garrison in newly conquered territory in the Roman Empire ): from Latin colonia ‘settlement, farm, ’ from colonus ‘settler, farmer, ’ from colere ‘cultivate. ’

 

colony-stimulating factor

col o ny-stim u lat ing fac tor ▶noun Biochemistry a substance secreted by bone marrow that promotes the growth and differentiation of stem cells into colonies of specific blood cells.

 

Oxford Dictionary

colony

col ¦ony |ˈkɒləni | ▶noun ( pl. colonies ) 1 a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country. • a group of people living in a colony, consisting of the original settlers and their descendants and successors. • (the colonies ) all the foreign countries or areas formerly under British political control. • (the colonies ) the thirteen areas on the east coast of North America that gained independence from Britain and founded the United States of America. 2 a group of people of one nationality or race living in a foreign place: the British colony in New York. • a place where a group of people with the same occupation or interest live together: a nudist colony. 3 Biology a community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure: a colony of seals. • a group of fungi or bacteria grown from a single spore or cell on a culture medium. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a settlement formed mainly of retired soldiers, acting as a garrison in newly conquered territory in the Roman Empire ): from Latin colonia ‘settlement, farm ’, from colonus ‘settler, farmer ’, from colere ‘cultivate ’.

 

colony-stimulating factor

colony-stimulating fac ¦tor ▶noun Biochemistry a substance secreted by bone marrow which promotes the growth and differentiation of stem cells into colonies of specific blood cells.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

colony

colony noun 1 a French colony: settlement, dependency, protectorate, satellite, territory, outpost, province. 2 an artists' colony: community, commune; quarter, district, ghetto.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

colony

colony noun 1 Belize is a former British colony: territory, possession, holding, dependency, province, dominion, protectorate, satellite (state ), settlement, outpost; historical tributary, fief. 2 the entire British colony in New York: population, community. 3 an artists' colony: community, association, commune, settlement, quarter, district, section, ghetto.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

colony

col o ny /kɑ́ləni |kɔ́l -/〖語源は 「耕す人 」〗(形 )colonial 名詞 複 -nies /-z /C (!住民や動植物をさす場合は単数形でも時に複数扱い ) 1 植民地 ▸ the former British colony 元 [かつての ]英領植民地 2 a. 〖the Colonies 〗〘米史 〙東部13州 (の英国植民地 ) 〘後に独立しアメリカ合衆国を形成 〙.b. ｟英 やや古 ｠〖the -nies 〗(すべての )英国植民地 .3 (同じ人種 職種または興味の一致する人々の )集団居住地 , コロニー , …人街 ; その住民 ▸ an artists' colony 芸術家村 4 〘生物 〙(動物の )群棲 （ぐんせい ）, (植物の )群生 , コロニー ; 群棲 [生 ]地 ▸ a breeding colony of chimpanzees チンパンジーの繁殖地 5 〖単数形で 〗植民 [移民 ]団 .6 海外領土 (の住民 ).7 (治療などのための )隔離地区 (の住民 ).