different between colony vs vespiary

English

Etymology

From Latin col?nia (“colony”), from col?nus (“farmer; colonist”), from col? (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quel?, from Proto-Indo-European *k?el- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?.l?.ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?.l?.ni/, /?k?.l?.ni/

Noun

colony (plural colonies)

1. A governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country.
2. A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their place of origin
3. Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.

4. (India) An apartment complex or neighborhood.

5. A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area

6. (biology) A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.

7. A local group of Beaver Scouts.

Derived terms

Related terms

• Cologne (city, n.)
• Crown colony
• cult
• culture

Translations

See also

• metropole

English

Etymology

From Latin vespa (“wasp”), formed in imitation of apiary (a similar structure for bees).

Noun

vespiary (plural vespiaries)

1. A nest built by a social wasp species.
2. A colony of wasps living in such a nest.

Translations

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967