Colony (disambiguation)

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Besides its general definition as a territory under political control of another state, the term Colony has several other meanings:

Contents 1 Geography 2 Society 3 Science 4 Media

[edit] Geography

• Colony, Alabama, United States.
• Colony, Kansas, United States.
• Colony, Oklahoma, United States.
• The Colony, Texas, United States. (population 26,531 as of the 2000 census)

[edit] Society

• In politics and in history, a colony is an administrative unit under the control of another political entity (usually an autonomous state) geographically distant (often of different nationality or ethnicity). See also Settler (disambiguation).
• In Nevada in the United States, an Indian colony.
• In regards to fraternities and sororities, a Colony is a probationary chapter of a national fraternity/sorority.
• Colony is a modular website Content Management System.

[edit] Science

• In biology, a colony is a group of several individual organisms of the same species living closely together.
• Space colonization refers to human colonies not situated on the Earth.

[edit] Media

• In music, Colony is a Melodic metal album by the band In Flames.
• Colony is also an electronic album by Bjørn Lynne.
• The Colony is the name of a computer game released in 1988 for the Apple Macintosh and in 1990 for the Amiga by Mindscape.
• Colony is the name of a computer game published in 1987 by Mastertronic.
• The Colony is an Australian television series.
• The Colony is a movie.
• Colony is a novel by Rob Grant.
• Colony is a novel by Ben Bova.