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Colony, n.

one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
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Colony

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region

part holonym

United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.

instance hyponym

Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia