Colony

Other forms: Colonies

Definitions of Colony
  1. noun
    one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
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    Connecticut
    one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    Delaware
    one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    Georgia
    one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    Maryland
    one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    Massachusetts Bay Colony
    one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    New Hampshire
    one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    New Jersey
    one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    New York
    one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    North Carolina
    one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    Pennsylvania
    one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    Rhode Island
    one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    South Carolina
    one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    Virginia
    one of the British colonies that formed the United States
    type of:
    geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
    a demarcated area of the Earth
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