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PRONUNCIATION OF COLONIAL OFFICE

Colonial Office  [kəˈləʊnɪəl ˈɒfɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLONIAL OFFICE

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Colonial Office is a noun.
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WHAT DOES COLONIAL OFFICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Colonial Office

Colonial Office

The Colonial Office was a government department of the Kingdom of Great Britain and later of the United Kingdom, first created to deal with the colonial affairs of British North America but needed also to oversee the increasing number of colonies of the British Empire. It was headed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, known as the Colonial Secretary.

Definition of Colonial Office in the English dictionary

The definition of Colonial Office in the dictionary is a government body that was set up to oversee affairs of the British Empire colonies.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLONIAL OFFICE


air-to-surface
ˈɛətəˌsɜːfɪs
artifice
ˈɑːtɪfɪs
back-office
ˈbækˌɒfɪs
edifice
ˈɛdɪfɪs
interoffice
ˌɪntərˈɒfɪs
Memphis
ˈmɛmfɪs
office
ˈɒfɪs
orifice
ˈɒrɪfɪs
preface
ˈprɛfɪs
surface
ˈsɜːfɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLONIAL OFFICE

Colonel Blimp
colonelcy
colonelling
colonelship
colones
colonial
colonial experience
colonial experiencer
colonial goose
colonialism
colonialist
colonialistic
colonialize
colonially
colonialness
colonic
colonic irrigation
Colonies

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLONIAL OFFICE

back office
box office
branch office
front office
head office
head post office
Home Office
in office
main office
out of office
Oval Office
Patent Office
post office
press office
public prosecutor´s office
registered office
sacrifice
suffice
the office
the Oval Office
the Stationery Office

Synonyms and antonyms of Colonial Office in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Colonial Office» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLONIAL OFFICE

Find out the translation of Colonial Office to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Colonial Office from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Colonial Office» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

殖民部
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Oficina Colonial
570 millions of speakers

English

Colonial Office
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

औपनिवेशिक कार्यालय
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مكتب الاستعماري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Колониальный Офис
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Escritório Colonial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঔপনিবেশিক অফিস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

colonial Office
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pejabat Kolonial
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kolonialamt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コロニアルオフィス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

콜로니얼 사무실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kantor Kolonial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Văn phòng thuộc địa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காலனித்துவ அலுவலகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

औपनिवेशक कार्यालय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sömürge bürosu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ufficio coloniale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Urząd Kolonialny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

колоніальний Офіс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Biroul Colonial
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Colonial Office
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koloniale Kantoor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Colonial Office
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Colonial Kontor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Colonial Office

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLONIAL OFFICE»

The term «Colonial Office» is normally little used and occupies the 129.658 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLONIAL OFFICE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Colonial Office

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLONIAL OFFICE»

Discover the use of Colonial Office in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Colonial Office and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Colonial Office and Nigeria, 1898-1914
A study in the relationship between one department of the Colonial Office and the colonies in which it had responsibility.
John M. Carland, 1985
2
Governors, Politics and the Colonial Office: Public Policy ...
This book fleshes out the impact of political figures and how their actions, and inactions, affect various imperial or Hong Kong political and administrative affairs.
Gavin Ure, 2012
3
Colonial connections, 1815-45: patronage, the information ...
This groundbreaking book challenges standard interpretations of metropolitan strategies of rule in the early nineteenth century.
Zoë Laidlaw, 2005
4
Colonial Office Records; List of Documents in the Public ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: .
Great Britain Public Record Office, 2012
5
Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook: Dominions Office, ...
The Dominions Office From 1801 to 1925 the Colonial Office, located in Downing Street, was responsible for Britain's relations with all parts of its Empire, apart from India and Burma, whether they be self-governing colonies, Crown colonies or ...
Margaret Evelyn Phillips, 1991
6
Colonial Educators: The British Indian and Colonial ...
Like Sir Christopher Cox, who succeeded him at the Colonial Office in 1940, Mayhew never consciously sought the limelight. His outstanding intellect was best suited to those behind-the-scenes activities traditionally associated with the  ...
Clive Whitehead, 2003
7
Industrialisation and the British Colonial State: West ...
Taking colonial policy towards West Africa as a case study, Butler shows that, during the 1940s, the Colonial Office evolved a policy of encouraging colonial industry as part of a broad programme of development intended to prepare colonies ...
Lawrence J. Butler, 1997
8
Thomas Scott's Body: And Other Essays on Early Manitoba History
The Colonial Office. Aboriginal Policy, And Red River 1847-1849 <(•)> NE of the many problems faced by the Red River Settlement and its inhabitants was that of achieving some sort of recognition and standing with the British government, ...
J. M. Bumsted, 2000
9
W. Arthur Lewis and the Birth of Development Economics
Indeed, from the late 1930s until 1953 Lewis had frequent contacts with the British Colonial Office, first as a member of West Indian delegations seeking to alter the hiring policies of the British government and after that as an adviser and  ...
Robert L. Tignor, 2006
10
Education Under Colonial Rule: A History of Katsina College, ...
In the form of 'Indirect Rule,' the political strategy developed in Northern Nigeria became virtually a dogma in the Colonial Office. Until the Second World War, Colonial Office officials were wont to encourage the governors of Britain's African  ...
James Patrick Hubbard, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLONIAL OFFICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Colonial Office is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Establishment Of The Protectorate (Part 7) – Khama's …
The Colonial Office instead accepted its South African High Commissioner's conclusion that: “As to the country north of the Molopo River it ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
2
Somaliland: A Look Back at the British Protectorate's History through …
... 1884 and 1898, by British Foreign Office between 1898 and 1905 before being transferred to the British Colonial Office on 01 April 1905. «Somaliland Sun, Jul 15»
3
Somaliland: Events That Led to the Country's Two Independences of …
The Somaliland Protectorate was now under new direction from London as in 1905 the Colonial Office took over responsibility from the Foreign ... «Somaliland Sun, Jul 15»
4
The Riot That Changed Canada
Intensely embarrassed, the Colonial Office asked Liberal Prime Minister Sir Wilfred Laurier to sort matters out -- and especially to soothe ... «TheTyee.ca, Jul 15»
5
Father Raymond J. de Souza: Let's tell the rich religious stories that …
At the colonial office, it was likely thought a suitable description for London's control of her colonies. It was not until the Statute of Westminster in ... «National Post, Jun 15»
6
Getting 'bun' in the Chinese grocery
Dr Chang quoted an excerpt from Colonial Office correspondence between Attorney General Gloster and Marryat, sent from Trinidad and dated ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jun 15»
7
Hong Kong could have remained British
Hong Kong Governor Sir Geoffry Northcote was keen on the idea, but the Colonial Office in London decided against it due to complex ... «The Nation, Jun 15»
8
Archaeologist's pioneering study of Aboriginal rock art a lasting legacy
In 1934, his father, also John Clegg, had been with his family in Sri Lanka working as a surveyor with the British Colonial Office. Not long after ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
9
Windrush Generation: 'They thought we should be planting bananas'
Jamaican men waiting for meetings with staff from the Ministry of Labour and Colonial Office (GETTY). Ignoring racial tension, King says finding ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
10
The establishment of the protectorate (part 4) – “Warren at Molepolole”
The Colonial Office foreclosed the possibility of a linkup between German South-West Africa and the Transvaal Boers in an Order-in-Council ... «Mmegi Online, Jun 15»

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