plantation

noun

plan-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce plantation (audio)
Definition of plantationnext
as in colony
a settlement in a new country or region the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter

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Recent Examples of plantation Then the price DROPPED by more than 44% earlier this year due to good weather, new plantations and just overall MORE cocoa supply. — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026 After being sold multiple times across state lines, her last owner, a Mississippi plantation owner named Robert Smith moved West to begin a Mormon community in Utah. — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Harriet Tubman, along with her brothers Ben and Henry, fled from the plantation in Maryland where they were enslaved. — USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 It was shot at what was once the largest operating plantation in Jamaica. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plantation
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colony
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  • Though Argentina was never a British colony, British influence and money played a crucial role in the growth of the Argentine state in the decades after its establishment in 1816.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The impact of the law has also damaged faith in the freedoms of the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
    — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of colony

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