colony

colony

CEFR: C1-C2 /colony/ [k.aa1.l.ah0.n.iy0]

"Colony" can have two meanings. The first is that it is a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are gathered. It can also be a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together. If you have more than one colony, you change the word to colonies, with i-e-s. Let’s check out some examples:

Example Sentences:
By 1650, England had established a dominant presence on the Atlantic coast. The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
America was broken up into thirteen colonies when the British first came over from England.
Often a polyp produced by sexual reproduction initiates growth of a colony asexually by budding. Budding occurs when a portion of the parent polyp pinches off to form a new individual.