colony

Summary

colony ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• colony is a type of dependent territory^[2].
• colony is a type of region^[3].
• colony's Commons category is recorded as Colonies^[4].
• colony's has cause is recorded as colonization^[5].
• colony's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Colonies^[6].
• colony's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[7].
• colony's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[8].
• colony's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• colony's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[10].
• colony's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[11].
• colony's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• colony's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[13].
• colony's different from is recorded as colonialism^[14].
• colony's different from is recorded as colony^[15].
• colony's has list is recorded as Q11879584^[16].
• colony's position held by head of the organization is recorded as colonial governor^[17].
• colony's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include dependent territory^[2] and region^[3].

Influence

Things named for colony include Colony-class frigate^[19], a ship class^[20], founded in 1943^[21].

Why It Matters

colony ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month).^[1] colony has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] colony is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]

Entities named for colony include Colony-class frigate^[19], a ship class^[20], founded in 1943^[21].