plural of Colonial Revival

Alternative spelling of postcolonialism

Alternative form of postcolonial

(historical) France and its colonies from the sixteenth century forward. It collapsed when French colonies became independent after World War II.

(microbiology) laboratory equipment used to count colonies of bacteria, or other microorganisms, growing on agar, usually in a Petri dish.

(historical) The thirteen British colonies that successfully revolted in 1775--1781, forming the nucleus of the United States of America. To wit: New Hampshire, Massachusetts (including present-day Maine), Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York (including present-day Vermont), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia (including present-day West Virginia), North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

(dated) A locality in which a group of nudists live temporarily or permanently separated from the rest of the community

plural of nudist colony

plural of penal colony

A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of deportees, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.