しょくみんち
Meanings
Noun
1. colony
2. (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
Pitch accent
しょ
くみ
んち
Composed of
colonization; colonisation
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
colonization; colonisation
Examples (11 in total)
Britain established many colonies.
England established many colonies.
The English established colonies in America.
Kenya used to be a British colony.
Zimbabwe was once a colony of Britain.
At one time Nigeria was a British colony.
France used to have many colonies in Africa.
After the war, Britain had many colonies.
A part of the country was at one time a French settlement.
The ancient Romans founded colonies throughout Europe.
Years later, Europeans established colonies in the coastal areas.