colony (n)
settlement (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 14
def a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland
def inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
examples the American colony in Paris
Outgoing links
Hypernym body
Derivationally related form settlement → settle; settlement → settle; settlement → settle
Derivationally related form colony → colonial; colony → colonize; colony → colonize
Derivationally related form colony → colonist; colony → colonise; colony → colonise
Hyponym frontier settlement, outpost; Plantation; proprietary colony
Instance Hyponym Demerara; Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe; Plymouth Colony; New Amsterdam
Member meronym colonial
Incoming links
Derivationally related form colonial → colony; colonize → colony; colonize → colony
Pertainym (pertains to noun) colonial → colony
Hyponym body
Hypernym frontier settlement, outpost; Plantation; proprietary colony
Instance Hypernym Demerara; Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe; Plymouth Colony; New Amsterdam
Member holonym colonial
Derivationally related form colonist → colony; colonise → colony; colonise → colony
Derivationally related form settle → settlement; settle → settlement; settle → settlement

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