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A '''colony''' is a [[nation]]'s settlement in a conquered or previously unsettled [[territory]] for the purpose of inhabiting and expanding territory.

A '''colony''' is a [[nation]]'s settlement in a conquered or previously unsettled [[territory]] for the purpose of inhabiting and expanding territory. Typically, it has been a region or governmental unit created by another country outside that country's borders that is generally ruled by that country. Colonies were very common until the 1960s when Western countries began a process of [[decolonization]] that allowed former colonies to become independent nations.

 

The words comes from the Latin ''colōnia'' ‎(“colony”), from ''colōnus'' ‎(“farmer; colonist”), and from ''colō'' ‎(“till, cultivate, worship”).

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