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co·lo·ni·al
(kə-lō′nē-əl)adj.
1. Of, relating to, possessing, or inhabiting a colony or colonies.
2. often Colonial
a. Of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the original United States of America.
b. Of or relating to the colonial period in the United States.
3. often Colonial Of, relating to, or being a style of architecture and furniture prevalent in the American colonies just before and during the Revolution.
4. Living in, consisting of, or forming a colony: colonial organisms.
n.
1. An inhabitant of a colony.
2. A house designed in an architectural style reminiscent of the one prevalent in the American colonies just before and during the Revolution.
co·lo′ni·al·ly adv.
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colonial
(kəˈləʊnɪəl)adj
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, characteristic of, relating to, possessing, or inhabiting a colony or colonies
2. (Historical Terms) (often capital) characteristic of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America (1776)
3. (Historical Terms) (often capital) of or relating to the colonies of the British Empire
4. (Architecture) denoting, relating to, or having the style of Neoclassical architecture used in the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries
5. (Historical Terms) of or relating to the period of Australian history before Federation (1901)
6. (Zoology) (of organisms such as corals and bryozoans) existing as a colony of polyps
7. (Biology) (of animals and plants) having become established in a community in a new environment
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a native of a colony
coˈlonially adv
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co•lo•ni•al
(kəˈloʊ ni əl)adj.
1. of or pertaining to a colony or colonies.
2. (often cap.) of or pertaining to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America, or to their period.
3. (of an animal)
a. having a way of life that requires being part of a community of its own kind: Penguins are colonial birds.
b. being a partly attached life form.
4. (cap.) of, pertaining to, or imitative of the styles of architecture, ornament, and furnishings of the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.
n. 5. an inhabitant of a colony.
6. a house in or imitative of the Colonial style.
[1770–80, Amer.]
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Noun | 1. | colonial - a resident of a colony colony, settlement - 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" |
Adj. | 1. | colonial - of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony |
2. | colonial - of animals who live in colonies, such as ants | |
3. | colonial - composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; "coral is a colonial organism" zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs" |
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Translations
اسْتِعْماري
koloniální
koloni-kolonial
gyarmati
nÿlendu-
koloniálny
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colonial
adj → Kolonial-, kolonial; colonial architecture → Kolonialstil m; colonial type → Typ m → des Herrenmenschen (iro)
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colony
(ˈkoləni) – plural ˈcolonies – noun1. (a group of people who form) a settlement in one country etc which is under the rule of another country. France used to have many colonies in Africa.
2. a group of people having the same interests, living close together. a colony of artists.
3. a collection of animals, birds etc, of one type, living together. a colony of gulls.
coˈlonial (-ˈlou-) adjectiveBritain was formerly a colonial power.
coˈlonialism nouncoˈlonialist noun
and adjective.
ˈcolonize, ˈcolonise verb to establish a colony in (a place). The English colonized New England in 1620.
ˈcolonist nounˌcoloniˈzation, ˌcoloniˈsation noun
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