MOTHER COUNTRY Antonyms
Definition of MOTHER COUNTRY
Best Opposite Words For MOTHER COUNTRY
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| colony | nounn | |||||||
noun • a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government • one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States • a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together • a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated • a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country • (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell | ||||||||
| dependency | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else • being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) • a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country | ||||||||
| protectorate | nounn | |||||||
noun • a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty | ||||||||
| territory | nounn | |||||||
noun • a region marked off for administrative or other purposes • an area of knowledge or interest • the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state | ||||||||
