colony

noun:

1. An apartment complex or neighborhood.
2. Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.
3. A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
4. A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area.
5. A governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country.
6. A local group of Beaver Scouts.
7. A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their place of origin.