colony

col‧o‧ny plural colonies [countable]

1 a country or area that is under the political control of a more powerful country, usually one that is far away [↪ colonial, colonize]:

Algeria was formerly a French colony.

➔ crown colony

2 one of the 13 areas of land on the east coast of North America that later became the United States

3 a group of people who are similar in some way and who live together, or the place where they live:

an artists' colony

a leper colony

4 a group of animals or plants of the same type that are living or growing together:

a seal colony

breeding colonies of rare birds

 India was a clolony of England.