a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
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" पर्याय: settlement,
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country पर्याय: dependency,
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated; "a nudist colony"; "an artists'' colony"