How to say "colony" in Japanese

• コロニーCommon
  nounA loanword used mainly for colonies of living things, such as bacteria or ants, and for communities of people living together, such as an artist colony; the political sense takes 植民地.
  地球ちきゅう側がわの圧政あっせいに苦くるしむコロニーの人々ひとびとの中なかで、テロによる現状げんじょう打破だはを目論もくろむ勢力せいりょくが誕生たんじょう。↗

  Among the people of the colonies suffering under Earth's tyranny a force emerges intending to overthrow the status quo through terrorism.
• 植民地しょくみんちJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounA territory under the political control of a foreign country; the word for the political and historical sense of 'colony', as when one nation rules another's land.
  数すう年ねん後ご、ヨーロッパ人にんたちは沿岸えんがんの植民地しょくみんちに住み着すみついた。↗

  Years later, Europeans established colonies in the coastal areas.

Use 植民地 for a territory under foreign rule, and 「コロニー」 for colonies of living things such as bacteria or animals and for communities of people, such as artists, living together.

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• コロニーcolony
• 植民地しょくみんちcolony
• 群体ぐんたいcolony
• 集落しゅうらく(bacterial) colony