colony

Colony has 3 syllables: col · o · ny.

noun. A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country.

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.

noun. A group of organisms of the same type living or growing together.

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