Английский Этимологический словарь - colony
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~ n 1 a country or area that is under the political control of a more powerful country, usually one that is far away (Algeria was formerly a French colony.) (- see also crown colony, dominion (3), protectorate) 2 a group of people who live in a colony 3 one of the 13 areas of land on the east coast of North America that later became the United States (Connecticut was one of the original colonies.) 4 a particular group of people or the place where they live (an artists' colony | a leper colony) 5 a group of animals or plants of the same type that are living or growing together (Breeding colonies of rare birds were threatened by the oil spill.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(colonies) 1. A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country. In France’s former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing... N-COUNT: usu supp N 2. You can refer to a place where a particular group of people lives as a particular kind of colony. ...a penal colony. ...industrial colonies. N-COUNT: usu with supp 3. A colony of birds, insects, or animals is a group of them that live together. The Shetlands are famed for their colonies of sea birds... N-COUNT: oft N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural -nies) Etymology: Middle English colonie, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin colonia, from colonus farmer, colonist, from colere to cultivate — more at wheel Date: 14th century 1. a. a body of people living in a new territory but retaining ties with the parent state b. the territory inhabited by such a body 2. a distinguishable localized population within a species a ~ of termites 3. a. a circumscribed mass of microorganisms usually growing in or on a solid medium b. the aggregation of zooids of a compound animal 4. a. a group of individuals or things with common characteristics or interests situated in close association an artist ~ b. the section occupied by such a group 5. a group of persons institutionalized away from others a leper ~ a penal ~; also the land or buildings occupied by such a group ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a group of settlers in a new country (whether or not already inhabited) fully or partly subject to the mother country. b the settlement or its territory. 2 a people of one nationality or race or occupation in a city, esp. if living more or less in isolation or in a special quarter. b a separate or segregated group (nudist colony). 3 Biol. a collection of animals, plants, etc., connected, in contact, or living close together. Etymology: ME f. L colonia f. colonus farmer f. colere cultivate ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) поселение 2) колония - extra-terrestrial colony - minute colony - nonterrestrial colony - petite colony - rough colony - smooth colony - space colony ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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колония; поселение – ant colony – breeding colony – hemopoietic colony – heteromorphic colony – homomorphic colony – honey-bee colony – irreciprocal colony – kappa-only colony – kormogene colony – lambda-only colony – mixed colony – mucoid colony – multilineage colony – oligolineage colony – pinpoint colony – pure colony – reciprocal colony – rough colony – sectored colony – single lineage colony – smooth colony – subsurface colony – surface colony ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. колония Crown C. —- коронная колония, британская колония, не имеющая самоуправления 2. поселение, колония the first Anglo-Saxon colonies in Britain —- первые поселения англосаксов в Британии the Colonies —- pl. ист. тринадцать английских колоний в Северной Америке, преобразованных в штаты 3. колония, землячество, сообщество земляков the Italian colony in London —- итальянская колония в Лондоне 4. поселок colony of artists —- поселок художников summer colony —- ам. дачный поселок 5. колония, учреждение специального назначения penal colony —- исправительная колония leper colony —- лепрозорий 6. семья (пчелиная, муравьиная) 7. биол. колония, соматически связанные организмы (губки, кораллы и т. п.) 8. биол. колония (бактерий) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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