How to pronounce colony
American English pronunciation
KOL-uh-nee
- IPA
- /ˈkɑləni/
- Syllables
- KOL · uh · nee (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What colony means
A big group of animals, like ants, living together
In a sentence: A colony of ants lives under the old oak tree.
Where it comes from: From a Latin word for a farmer who settles a place.
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