colony

Example Sentences

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I’ve learned about the founding of America, the Constitution, and the thirteen original colonies.

From Literature

In the years that followed, systems of slavery became entrenched in the American colonies belonging to Portugal, Spain, Great Britain and France.

From The Wall Street Journal

A Danish colony for three centuries, Greenland, which today has around 57,000 inhabitants, gradually gained autonomy in the second half of the 20th century.

From Barron's

The heaviest burden of past tests has fallen on communities living near test sites, today located in 15 different countries, including many former colonies of nuclear-armed states.

From Barron's

The islands were separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony.

From BBC