colony

[US]/ˈkɒləni/
[UK]/ˈkɑːləni/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. koloni; kundi la wahajiri
Word Forms
Pluralcolonies

Phrases & Collocations

a British colony

koloni la Uingereza

a former colony

koloni la zamani

a settler colony

koloni la wakoloni

bacterial colony

koloni la bakteria

colony formation

malezi ya koloni

crown colony

koloni la taji

colony count

hesabu ya koloni

penal colony

koloni la watumbua

Example Sentences

a colony of seals.

koloni ya mitejane.

the American colony in Paris.

koloni la Marekani mjini Paris.

the British colony in New York.

koloni la Uingereza mjini New York.

the site of a hypothetical colony;

enovaeni ya koloni lililofikirwa;

a town that is the heart of the colony;

mji ambao ni moyo wa koloni;

If America were still a British colony,

Ikiwa Marekani bado ingekuwa koloni la Uingereza,

Britain’s oversea colonies

koloni za Uingereza za bahari za samaki

years in the colonies had left their imprint.

miaka katika koloni iliiacha alama yake.

this colony was virtually self-subsistent, in management methods as in food.

koloni hili ilikuwa karibu kujitunisha, katika mbinu za usimamizi kama vile chakula.

the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony;

kipengele cha upweke katika maisha ya koloni la kidini;

There lived a colony of bees on the tree.

Kulikuwa na koloni la nyuki kwenye mti.

A colony of seals lay basking in the sun.

Koloni la mitejane lilikuwa likisumbua jua.

All the bees in the colony are genetically related.

Nyuki wote katika koloni wana uhusiano wa maumbile.

woodlands that once harboured a colony of red deer.

misitu iliyoonyesha koloni la pundamilanga nyekundu.

Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor ;Interleukin-5 ;differentiation ;

Maji ya Colony-Stimulating ya Granulocyte-Macrophage;Interleukin-5; tofauti;

They had thought that the new colony would be a paradise, but they were soon disillusioned.

Walidhani kwamba koloni jipya itakuwa mahabuba, lakini hivi karibuni walikatishwa tamaa.

gregarious species forage in flocks from colonies or roosts.

Nyeupe za mchangamfu huota katika makundi kutoka kwa koloni au nyumba.

I've lost three umbrellas this year. Britain lost its American colonies in a revolution.

Nimepoteza viziwi vitatu mwaka huu. Uingereza alipoteza koloni zake za Marekani katika mapinduzi.

Real-world Examples

They call the problem " colony collapse disorder."

Wanaita tatizo hilo kama “uharibifu wa makoloni.”

Source: VOA Special August 2015 Collection

The colonies are mostly young tree hoppers.

Makoloni hayo ni hasa wadudu wachanga wanaopanda miti.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

In China, she visited a leper colony.

Uchina, alitembelea koloni la lepa.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

And they set up colonies in greenland.

Na walisaka makoloni katika greenland.

Source: Humanity: The Story of All of Us

By 1981, there was only one colony of ferrets living in Wyoming.

Kutoka mwaka 1981, kulikuwa na koloni moja tu la swala wanaokaa Wyoming.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

For over 400 years it was a Portuguese colony.

Kwa zaidi ya miaka 400 ilikuwa koloni la Kifortugali.

Source: Listening Digest

This female pangolin is hunting an ant colony.

Nyoka huyu mke pangolin wanawinda koloni ya mchwa.

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

France has focused its aid on its former colonies.

Ufaransa umeelekeza msaada wake kwa makoloni yake ya zamani.

Source: Economic Crash Course

The biggest swift colony in China.

Koloni kubwa zaidi ya swift nchini Uchina.

Source: Beautiful China

It was a British Colony until it gained independence in 1983.

Ilikuwa koloni la Uingereza hadi ilipopata uhuru mwaka 1983.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2020 Collection

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