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koloni.

colony (region or governmental unit)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/ko.loˈni/standard/koˈlo.ni/
  1. colony (region or governmental unit)

  2. colony (group of people who settle such an area)

  3. colony (group of people residing in a different country, city, or area)

  4. colony (group of organisms)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قولونی (koloni, “colony”), from French colonie, from Latin colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from Latin colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from Proto-Italic *kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move, to turn (around), to revolve around, and therefore to sojourn, to dwell”).

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