how to pronounce colonies

/ˈkɑːləniːz/

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colonies is pronounced in three syllables

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ɑː

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iː

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An example use of colonies in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… from being a group of colonies to a …”

meanings of colonies

noun:

Plural of colony.

colonies frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word colonies occurs in english on average 4.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.