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Pronunciation / Transliteration: colónia
"O Brasil foi outrora uma colónia de Portugal."
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A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.
"The territory was a British colony until it gained independence in 1965."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin colonia, from colonus 'husbandman, settler', from colere 'cultivate'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Colony" is said worldwide
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colonie
Transliteration: colonie
"Cette île était autrefois une colonie française."
Kolonie
Transliteration: Kolonie
"Die Stadt wurde als Handelskolonie gegründet."
colonia
Transliteration: colonia
"Il paese divenne una colonia nel diciannovesimo secolo."
colonia
Transliteration: colonia
"México fue una importante colonia de España."
colónia
Transliteration: colónia
"O Brasil foi outrora uma colónia de Portugal."
औपनिवेश
Transliteration: aupanivesh
"भारत कभी एक ब्रिटिश उपनिवेश था।"
殖民地
Transliteration: zhímíndì
"这里曾经是一个海外殖民地。"
식민지
Transliteration: sikminji
"그 국가는 한때 영국의 식민지였다."
植民地
Transliteration: shokuminchi
"その地域はかつて列強の植民地でした。"
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