colony
A group of people with similar interests, occupations or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
Seen in the wild
Live stream of the puffin colony (also some guillemots) on the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt3M...
I just saw the National Trust puffin colony one to add to my ongoing birdwatching at work portfolio
Identify yourself, terraforming colony!
📢ROVA releases this Friday (8th May) 📢 It's a cozy space-rover photography game where you help a new space colony conduct research on an entire planet 📸🪐 - Spread the word!! We're so hyped to share this! 🎉 #…
The Colony 4th Vespid "Striking Scorpion" now painted, this time the units Exarch #warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #paintingwarhammer
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A group of people with similar interests, occupations or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That in every Town in the Colony, where Bread is Baken for Sale, there ſhall be Choſen one Clerk of the Market, or more, as each Town ſhall find needful, at their Annual Election of T…
“Live stream of the puffin colony (also some guillemots) on the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt3M...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I just saw the National Trust puffin colony one to add to my ongoing birdwatching at work portfolio”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Identify yourself, terraforming colony!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“📢ROVA releases this Friday (8th May) 📢 It's a cozy space-rover photography game where you help a new space colony conduct research on an entire planet 📸🪐 - Spread the word!! We're so hyped to share this! 🎉 #indiedev #cozygames #indiegame #wishlistwednesday”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Colony 4th Vespid "Striking Scorpion" now painted, this time the units Exarch #warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #paintingwarhammer”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies.
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A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain.
“Moon Colony Bloodbath by So Very Wrong About Games Audio megaphone.link/NSR3679451251 Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GFQ...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You get a good feel for both Barrayar and Beta Colony before the reader sets foot on either one of them.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“the world has ended. a sentient colony of mold with Wi-Fi access rule the remaining humanity. I must fade into the stars with a suitcase full of unread texts!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Over and over The pheromones, the overwhelming harmony Consuming the colony Creating it's own gravity Before we knew it we became a hurricane And the bugs who laughed go blown away As we proclaimed: The Circle rules your life *Spiral of Ants -Lemon Demon”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Crooked Dice Game Design Studio have released 32 new miniatures in their 28mm sci-fi Colony 87 range. The figures are a mix of alien, human, and non-human colonists, including the Amphirans, The Pale, The Masque, and the Homo Canid. www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/scifi/c...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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