as in colony
a settlement in a new country or region
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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Within months, the brothers open a general store, buy land and begin building a plantation.
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Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
To us, Nottoway’s transformation in the 1980s – from a brutal site of enslavement to a luxury resort and wedding venue – represented the Southern plantation tourist industry’s tendency to whitewash our past.
—Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
Historians believe the plate lunch evolved from the Japanese bento box — another form of takeaway eating — in the 1880s, when giant fruit and sugar companies owned huge plantations in Hawaii.
—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
One gecko was found on a tree plantation.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
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Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
To us, Nottoway’s transformation in the 1980s – from a brutal site of enslavement to a luxury resort and wedding venue – represented the Southern plantation tourist industry’s tendency to whitewash our past.
—Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
Historians believe the plate lunch evolved from the Japanese bento box — another form of takeaway eating — in the 1880s, when giant fruit and sugar companies owned huge plantations in Hawaii.
—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
One gecko was found on a tree plantation.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plantation
colony
Noun
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Most of the time, bees do their own thing, foraging for food and raising a colony.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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His family property, that was really just his summer property, was built to be like an artist colony.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantation. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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