A colony is a territory controlled and often settled by people from another country. It can also mean a group of the same kind of animals or plants living together in one place, like a colony of ants.
“Colony” comes from Latin “colonia,” meaning “settlement” or “farm,” from “colonus” (farmer or settler), related to “colere” (to cultivate). The political sense grew from the idea of settlers sent out to inhabit new land.
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