Plural of colony
regular plural
The plural of colony is colonies.
Forms of colony
| Singular | colony /ˈkɒl.ə.ni/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | colonies /ˈkɒləniz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Colonies in a sentence
- Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies.
- colonies of stem cells
- These insect and mole-rat colonies are multi-organismic equivalents of single organisms.From the entry multi-organismic
- The Scoto-Norse originated in Viking colonies established in Scotland and its surrounding islands.From the entry scoto-
- Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, being former British colonies, are the only Southeast Asian member countries of the Commonwealth.From the entry commonwealth
Meaning of colony
- noun A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
- noun A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
- noun A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
Questions about the plural of colony
- What is the plural of colony?
- The plural of colony is colonies.
- Is colony countable?
- Colony is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: colony (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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