Colony (disambiguation)

A colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a geographically distant state. The word Colony comes from the Latin word colōnia.

Colony may also refer to:

Society

Colony (fraternity or sorority), probationary chapter of a national fraternity or sorority
Colony houses, model housing developments in Edinburgh
Colonies in antiquity, Greek and Roman practice of settling independent daughter states, over which the mother state had no direct control
Indian colony, Native American settlement
Leper colony
Penal colony
Proprietary colony
Space colony (disambiguation), multiple meanings
Summer colony
Colony (Russian Empire), a type of settlement in the Russian Empire with an invited foreign population

Animals, insects, micro-organisms, & plants

Colony (biology), group of individual organisms of the same species living closely together
Ant colony
Bird colony
Cat colony
Clonal colony

Places

In the United States:

Colony, Alabama
Colony, Kansas
Colony, Missouri
Colony, Oklahoma
Colony, Lexington, a neighborhood in southwestern Lexington, Kentucky, United States
The Colony, Texas
Colony High School, Ontario, California
Colony Hill, Washington, D.C.
Colony Place, retail development in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Colony Township, Adams County, Iowa
Colony Township, Delaware County, Iowa
Colony Township, Greeley County, Kansas
First Colony, Texas
Iowa Colony, Texas
Tennessee Colony, Texas
Yamato Colony (disambiguation), various

Media

Literature

Colony (Rob Grant novel)
Colony (short story), by Philip K. Dick
Colony (Buffy novel), based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series

Film and television

Colony (The X-Files), episode from the TV series The X-Files
The Colony (2005 TV series), 2005 reality TV series set in historical Australia
The Colony (U.S. TV series), 2009 Discovery Channel reality TV series set in a post-apocalyptic US
Colony (film), 2010 documentary about beekeepers and the effect of colony collapse disorder
The Colony (1995 film), a 1995 television film
The Colony (1996 film), a 1996 television film
The Colony (2013 film), a 2013 Canadian film
Colony (TV series), a 2016 American television series on USA Network

Music

"Colony", a song by Susumu Hirasawa on the 1995 album Sim City
Colony (In Flames album)
Colony (Bjørn Lynne album)

Video games

Colony (video game), 1987 computer game by Mastertronic
The Colony (video game), 1988 computer game by Mindscape

Companies

Colony Brands, mail-order and electronic retail company
Colony Capital, private, international investment firm based in Los Angeles, California, United States

Other

The Colony (professional wrestling), professional wrestling stable in Chikara
Colony Club, social club in New York City, New York, USA
The Colony Room, private drinking club on Dean Street in Soho, London, England
Colony (restaurant), restaurant in London, England
The Colony (restaurant), restaurant in New York City, 1923-1971
Old Colony Railroad, in Massachusetts, United States
Jim Colony, sports news announcer
Colony Framework, open source plugin framework specification