colony

Definition
(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 Definition
(noun) a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together Definition
(noun) one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States Definition
(noun) a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated Definition
(noun) a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country Definition
(noun) (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell