colony

(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. Synonyms: settlement. Example: "The american colony in paris."

(noun) a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together.

(noun) one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States. Synonyms: Colony.

(noun) a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated. Examples: "A nudist colony." "An artists' colony."

(noun) a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country. Synonyms: dependency.

(noun) (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell.