Definition of "Colony" :

noun: a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

noun: (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

noun: a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

"The American colony in Paris."

noun: a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

noun: a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

"A nudist colony."

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