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colony meaning in Sinhala

ජනපදය janapadaya

UK/ˈkɒl.ə.ni/

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British/ˈkɔlənɪj/

colony in Sinhala: ජනපදය (janapadaya). In English, colony means a geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.

Sinhala words for colony

colony
ජනපදය janapadaya

English meaning of colony

  1. noun A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
  2. noun A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
  3. noun A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
  4. noun A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.

Full definition of colony

colony in a sentence

  • Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies.
  • Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain.
  • a colony of British expats in Spain

colony in other languages

Questions about colony in Sinhala

What is the meaning of colony in Sinhala?
Colony in Sinhala is ජනපදය (janapadaya).
colony යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Colony: ජනපදය (janapadaya).
What does colony mean in English?
Colony means a geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.

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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “colony”: ජනපදය. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: colony (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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