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colonial

[kuh-loh-nee-uhl] / kəˈloʊ ni əl /


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“Is it based on colonial standards? Or is it based on maintaining our cultural richness and our legacy, that is handed down to us regardless of where we are?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The study, "Large size of the Australian Indigenous population prior to its massive decline following colonial invasion," was published in Nature Human Behaviour.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Up to 1.2 million Vietnamese soldiers are estimated to have been killed between 1945 and 1975, during wars involving former colonial power France, and then the United States as well as its allies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

After America defeated the Marianas’ colonial ruler in the Spanish-American War, it wanted a base to project power over the western Pacific.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

The Chincha elite, afraid to take on the Inka army, always chose compliance over valor, and were rewarded with plum positions in the colonial government.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The Singhs sold clocks and watches to the colonials while secretly rebelling against British rule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

Stately, white colonials are on one block, while modest Spanish revivals sit on the next.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025

Developers opened up this part of Arlington in the 1950s, building ranches and colonials, working from the same three or four floor plans across a dozen square miles.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025

The houses — in a mix of styles including split-levels and Dutch colonials — are on quarter-acre lots surrounded by mature trees and shrubs.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022

Fortunately there were all sorts and types of colonials.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie


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