settled colony
1Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — 1636–1776 …
2Colony Township, Adams County, Iowa — Colony Township, Adams County   Township   …
3colony — [käl′ə nē] n. pl. colonies [ME colonie < L colonia < colonus, farmer < colere, to cultivate: see CULT] 1. a) a group of people who settle in a distant land but remain under the political jurisdiction of their native land b) the region… …
4colony — late 14c., ancient Roman settlement outside Italy, from L. colonia settled land, farm, landed estate, from colonus husbandman, tenant farmer, settler in new land, from colere to inhabit, cultivate, frequent, practice, tend, guard, respect, from… …
5Colony of British Columbia (1858-1866) — This article is about the former mainland colony. For the united colony of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, see Colony of British Columbia (1866 1871). Colony of British Columbia British colony …
6Colony of British Columbia — Infobox Former Country native name = conventional long name = Colony of British Columbia common name = British Columbia ag continent = North America region = Western Canada country = Canada era = flag type = flag type = symbol = symbol type =… …
7colony — /kol euh nee/, n., pl. colonies. 1. a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation. 2. the country or district settled or colonized: Many Western nations are… …
8Colony — This article is about a type of political territory. For other uses, see Colony (disambiguation). Countries and their territories (colonies) in 1945 …
9colony — [16] Etymologically, a colony is a ‘settled land’. The word goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *qwel , *qwol , which signified ‘move around’ (it is the source of English cycle and wheel) and hence ‘move habitually in, settle in,… …
10colony — [16] Etymologically, a colony is a ‘settled land’. The word goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *qwel , *qwol , which signified ‘move around’ (it is the source of English cycle and wheel) and hence ‘move habitually in, settle in,… …
