kolonie

Dutch (Brabantic)

/koːˈloː.ni/

noun
Definitions
  • colony, dependent human settlement, state or territory
  • colony, a camp etc. where people are living together for certain purposes, usually specified, such as strafkolonie, vakantiekolonie (a charitable summer camp)
  • colony, collective noun for various insects which nest and live together, such as ants
  • colony, collective noun for various birds which nest close together, such as seagulls, penguins; siege of herons
  • colony, collective noun for collective noun for various mammal species which nest and/or live close together, such as hedge for certain monkeys

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin colōnia (colony, settlement) root from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kʷel-

Gloss

turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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