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semi-colony

noun

Etymology

From semi- + colony.

  1. derived from *kʷel-✻
  2. derived from colōnia
  3. inherited from colane
  4. prefixed as semi-colony — “semi + colony”

Definitions

  1. A country which is officially an independent and sovereign nation, but in reality…

    A country which is officially an independent and sovereign nation, but in reality dependent and dominated by one or more countries.

The neighborhood

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