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siirtomaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • colonial adjective Relating to a colony, or to the era when a territory was ruled as one.
  • colony noun A territory controlled by another, usually distant, country.

Senses

siirtomaa is used for these senses in English:

  • colonial Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.
  • colony (biology) A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
  • colony A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.

colony — full definition

  1. noun A territory controlled by another, usually distant, country.
  2. noun A group of the same kind of animal, insect, or organism living closely together.

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