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colonyhood

colonyhood noun: the state of being a colony.

Noun

colonyhood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a colony.
    • Though it was now sovereign, the country still felt the after-effects of colonyhood.

Origin of colonyhood

From colony + -hood.

Questions about colonyhood

What does colonyhood mean?
Colonyhood means the state of being a colony.
What part of speech is colonyhood?
Colonyhood is a noun.

Words near colonyhood in the dictionary

  1. colony counters
  2. Colony of Virginia
  3. colony-forming unit
  4. colony-forming units
  5. colony-stimulating factor
  6. colonyhood
  7. colonylike
  8. colonywide
  9. coloop
  10. coloops
  11. colopathy

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