colony
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The listing price for Inchconnachan, which has a colony of wild wallabies, is $4 million, or $13.5 million with a completed home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
A former French colony, Madagascar has close political links to France and has a history of instability since independence.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
The former French colony borders the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which provides access to the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aden, through which passes a large portion of trade between Asia and the West.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
Its special place in the world ended with the handover of the British colony to China in 1997.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Their survival depended on ongoing diplomatic conversations between Wahunsonacock, the leader of the Powhatan Confederacy, and John Smith, leader of the Jamestown colony.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Vocabulary lists containing colony
American History I
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Ancient Greece - Introductory
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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