colony
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Friday's meeting at the Vatican comes three days before Pope Leo visits the former French colony of Algeria, the first trip there by a pontiff.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
In 1791 George resettled in the British colony of Sierra Leone, on Africa’s west coast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Cape Verde, a former Portuguese colony, is a popular holiday destination due to its golden beaches and year-round warm weather.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Mr. Ozon’s star is the appropriately stone-faced Benjamin Voisin as Meursault, who like Camus is an ethnically French citizen of Algeria, which for more than a century was a French colony.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
I describe my dream about the cave and how I have a feeling that it’s related to the volcano and Roho’s colony.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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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