How many syllables in colony?

There are 3 syllables in the word colony.

How to pronounce colony:

colony (noun):: the territory occupied by such a settlement; an area over which a foreign nation or state extends or maintains control; a group of people who establish residence in that area and who retain ties with the parent state; 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.

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colonial

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frontier settlement

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proprietary colony

protectorate

province

satellite state

settlement

territory

empire

occupying state

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