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the Colonies
" Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics."
Aaron Klug

Meaning of "the Colonies" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE COLONIES

the Colonies


WHAT DOES THE COLONIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of the Colonies in the English dictionary

The definition of the Colonies in the dictionary is the subject territories formerly in the British Empire. Other definition of the Colonies is the 13 states forming the original United States of America when they declared their independence. These were Connecticut, North and South Carolina, Delaware, Georgia, New Hampshire, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and New Jersey.



WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE COLONIES

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WORDS THAT END LIKE THE COLONIES

agonies · balconies · baronies · boonies · ceremonies · Colonies · companies · cronies · ebonies · felonies · harmonies · ironies · loonies · master of ceremonies · monies · peonies · phonies · polyphonies · ponies · symphonies · testimonies

Synonyms and antonyms of the Colonies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the Colonies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE COLONIES

Find out the translation of the Colonies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of the Colonies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the Colonies» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

殖民地
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

las Colonias
570 millions of speakers
en

English

the Colonies
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

कालोनियों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المستعمرات
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Колонии
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

colônias
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

কলোনীগুলি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

les colonies
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Jajahan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

die Kolonien
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

植民地
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

식민지
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ing koloni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

các thuộc địa
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

காலனிகள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कॉलनी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Sömürgeler
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Colonie
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Kolonie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

колонії
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

coloniilor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οι αποικίες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die Kolonies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kolonierna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

koloniene
5 millions of speakers

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

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QUOTES WITH «THE COLONIES»

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Aaron Klug
Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE COLONIES»

Discover the use of the Colonies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the Colonies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Capital and the Colonies: London and the Atlantic ...
This book describes how the mercantile system was made to work as London established itself as the capital of the Atlantic empire.
Nuala Zahedieh, 2010
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Confronting the Colonies: British Intelligence and ...
Confronting the Colonies demonstrates for the first time how, in the decades after World War Two, the intelligence agenda expanded to include non-state actors, insurgencies, and irregular warfare.
Rory Cormac, 2013
3
Cultivating the Colonies: Colonial States and Their ...
The eleven essays collected in Cultivating the Colonies demonstrate how the relationship between colonial power and nature reveals the nature of power.
Christina Folke Ax, 2011
4
Scandal in the colonies: Sydney and Cape Town, 1820-1850
The hidden stories of two Australian port towns rife with gossip and dubious reputations are uncovered in this history.
Kirsten McKenzie, 2005
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The Colonies of Law: Colonialism, Zionism and Law in Early ...
This book traces attempts to establish a non-religious system of Hebrew Courts in British-ruled Palestine.
Ronen Shamir, 2000
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The Courts and the Colonies: The Litigation of Hutterite ...
While this book will be of particular interest to scholars of law and religion, it will also appeal to anyone in Anabaptist studies, sociology, anthropology, political theory, and conflict resolution.
Alvin J. Esau, 2005
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Bound for America: The Transportation of British Convicts to ...
From 1718 to 1775 British courts transported 50,000 convicts to America.
A. Roger Ekirch, 1990
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Daughters of Light: Quaker Women Preaching and Prophesying ...
Rebecca Larson reconstructs the activities of these women and offers offers striking insights into the ways their public, authoritative role affected the formation of their identities, their families, and their society.
Rebecca Larson, 2000
9
The Mormon Colonies in Mexico
Originally published in 1938, this important document chronicles a little-known chapter in Mormon history: the polygamous members in the 1880s who sought refuge from the U.S. federal marshals in Mexico.
Thomas Cottam Romney, 1938
10
Life in the Colonies
Along with brief biographies on colonists and Indians like John Smith, William Penn, and Pocahontas and John Rolfe, this engaging reader explains mean of survival and living through farming, colonial crops, and plantations.
Emily Smith, 2004
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. The Colonies [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/the-colonies>. May 2024 ».
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