how to pronounce colony

/ˈkɑːləniː/

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colony is pronounced in three syllables

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ɑː

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iː

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

“… self-sustaining Martian colony but if …”

meaning of colony

A colony is a group of animals, plants, or people living in a particular area.

colony frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word colony occurs in english on average 5.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.