colonies

1. 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 literally under the home state's system of governmentExamples: "the American colony in Paris"Synonyms: colony, settlement

2. a group of organisms of the same type living or growing togetherSynonyms: colony

3. one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United StatesSynonyms: Colony

4. a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentratedExamples: "a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony"Synonyms: colony

5. a geographical area politically controlled by a distant countrySynonyms: colony, dependency

6. (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cellSynonyms: colony