The Clue
America, in 1775 (6 letter answer)
The Answer
COLONY
Tags
Notes
The answer COLONY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1500 puzzles.
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Definition
COLONY as a noun:
1. (colony, settlement) = a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
2. a group of animals of the same type living together
3. one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
4. (colony, dependency) = a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
5. (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell