colony

noun

1. 1

   one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

2. 2

   a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

3. 3

   (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

4. 4

   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 government

   the American colony in Paris

5. 5

   a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

6. 6

   a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

   a nudist colony

   an artists' colony