Colonial
adjective
Related to or characteristic of the rule or governing by one country over other countries or territories.
The colonial period in Africa shaped the continent's history significantly.
Often appears as...
- colonial period
- colonial rule
adjective
Describing or related to a time when a country or region was a colony.
They studied the art, culture, and history of America's colonial era.
Often appears as...
- colonial era
- colonial history
adjective
Referring to a style of architecture or furniture that was popular in the American colonies.
She decorated her home in the colonial style to capture an old-world charm.
Often appears as...
- colonial style
- colonial architecture
noun
Person from a particular country living in a colony.
As a British colonial, he lived in India for several years.
Often appears as...
- british colonial
- french colonial
adjective
Describing or related to life in a colony or colonies.
Her research focuses on the dynamics of colonial life in the 18th century.
Often appears as...
- colonial life
- colonial society
adjective
Related to or characteristic of the rule or governing by one country over other countries or territories.
The colonial period in Africa shaped the continent's history significantly.
Often appears as...
- colonial period
- colonial rule
adjective
Describing or related to a time when a country or region was a colony.
They studied the art, culture, and history of America's colonial era.
Often appears as...
- colonial era
- colonial history
adjective
Referring to a style of architecture or furniture that was popular in the American colonies.
She decorated her home in the colonial style to capture an old-world charm.
Often appears as...
- colonial style
- colonial architecture
noun
Person from a particular country living in a colony.
As a British colonial, he lived in India for several years.
Often appears as...
- british colonial
- french colonial
adjective
Describing or related to life in a colony or colonies.
Her research focuses on the dynamics of colonial life in the 18th century.
Often appears as...
- colonial life
- colonial society
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Historical Context
Understand the era or event when a nation governed other territories.
In colonial times, European powers established vast empires.
Pro Tip 2/2Power Dynamics
Reflects a period where control and cultural imposition were prominent.
Colonial powers often exploited natural resources from the lands they controlled.
Pro Tip 1/2Historical Context
Understand the era or event when a nation governed other territories.
In colonial times, European powers established vast empires.
Pro Tip 2/2Power Dynamics
Reflects a period where control and cultural imposition were prominent.
Colonial powers often exploited natural resources from the lands they controlled.
Pro Tip 1/2Historical Context
Understand the era or event when a nation governed other territories.
In colonial times, European powers established vast empires.
Pro Tip 2/2Power Dynamics
Reflects a period where control and cultural imposition were prominent.
Colonial powers often exploited natural resources from the lands they controlled.
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Deep ocean mysteries and...
That one is like all these animals with their mouths hooked together, the colonial animals. Some animals are tiny, some can be longer than this stage. Just amazing animals. And you can't collect them with a net -- we have to go with our cameras and take a look at them. So every time we go, new species of life. The ocean is full of life.
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Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
just understanding what were precontact foods, precolonial foods. And I realized that that term didn't even really make a lot of sense to people. So I think it's really important to go through the storyline because to understand colonial or what is a precolonial food, you have to understand colonialism itself.
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The secrets I find on...
and suddenly this giant sea monster started rolling past. It's called a pyrosome or colonial tunicate, if you like. This wasn't what we were looking for. We were looking for corals, deep sea corals. You're going to see a picture of one in a moment. It's small, about five centimeters high.
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Why did Phillis Wheatley...
received a poem from one of colonial America’s most famous writers. Its verses praised the burgeoning revolution, invoking the goddess of their new nation to aid the general’s righteous cause. But this ode to liberty wasn’t written by some aloof, aristocratic admirer.
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Who built Great...
Yet, at the time, the country's white minority colonial government sought to discredit this theory because it challenged the legitimacy of their rule. In fact, the government actively encouraged historians to produce accounts that disputed the city's African origins.
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Storytellers Summit Day...
inextricably linked to the structural and systemic legacies of our colonial and apartheid past and so every single day I see resilience I see strength I see dignity and pride the industry of photography is not separate to the industry to the world which we
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When did humans start...
In some places, like parts of India, Western-style divorce laws have been seen as a colonial influence and communities practice divorce according to other religious rules. In others, though the law may allow for equal access to divorce,
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How Africa can use its...
what to do, how to go about it, a people long subjected to the intellectual guidance and direction of others, be they the colonial masters, aid industry or international news media. But it is a task that we have to do to make progress.
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How fire shapes...
nations looked over looked across the spectrum of really wrecked landscapes and and adopted a program of state-sponsored conservation to protect their remaining estates in too many cases colonial holdings from the ravages
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Why the metric system...
other nations followed, with colonial empires spreading the system around the world. As France's main rival, Britain had resisted revolutionary ideas and retained its traditional units.
Video examples
Deep ocean mysteries and...
That one is like all these animals with their mouths hooked together, the colonial animals. Some animals are tiny, some can be longer than this stage. Just amazing animals. And you can't collect them with a net -- we have to go with our cameras and take a look at them. So every time we go, new species of life. The ocean is full of life.
Video examples
Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
just understanding what were precontact foods, precolonial foods. And I realized that that term didn't even really make a lot of sense to people. So I think it's really important to go through the storyline because to understand colonial or what is a precolonial food, you have to understand colonialism itself.
Video examples
The secrets I find on...
and suddenly this giant sea monster started rolling past. It's called a pyrosome or colonial tunicate, if you like. This wasn't what we were looking for. We were looking for corals, deep sea corals. You're going to see a picture of one in a moment. It's small, about five centimeters high.
Video examples
Why did Phillis Wheatley...
received a poem from one of colonial America’s most famous writers. Its verses praised the burgeoning revolution, invoking the goddess of their new nation to aid the general’s righteous cause. But this ode to liberty wasn’t written by some aloof, aristocratic admirer.
Video examples
Who built Great...
Yet, at the time, the country's white minority colonial government sought to discredit this theory because it challenged the legitimacy of their rule. In fact, the government actively encouraged historians to produce accounts that disputed the city's African origins.
Video examples
Storytellers Summit Day...
inextricably linked to the structural and systemic legacies of our colonial and apartheid past and so every single day I see resilience I see strength I see dignity and pride the industry of photography is not separate to the industry to the world which we
Video examples
When did humans start...
In some places, like parts of India, Western-style divorce laws have been seen as a colonial influence and communities practice divorce according to other religious rules. In others, though the law may allow for equal access to divorce,
Video examples
How Africa can use its...
what to do, how to go about it, a people long subjected to the intellectual guidance and direction of others, be they the colonial masters, aid industry or international news media. But it is a task that we have to do to make progress.
Video examples
How fire shapes...
nations looked over looked across the spectrum of really wrecked landscapes and and adopted a program of state-sponsored conservation to protect their remaining estates in too many cases colonial holdings from the ravages
Video examples
Why the metric system...
other nations followed, with colonial empires spreading the system around the world. As France's main rival, Britain had resisted revolutionary ideas and retained its traditional units.
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Stuart Hall
British Activist
I'm the blackest member of my family. You know, these mixed families produce children of all colors, and in Jamaica, the question of exactly what shade you were, in colonial Jamaica, that was the most important question. Because you could read off class and education and status from that. I was aware and conscious of that from the very beginning.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.
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Fidel Castro
Statesman
England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.
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Denise Lewis
British Athlete
I'm a big champion of talking about Britain's colonial past but the important thing is not hiding it away and giving a true account of history.
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John Paul Stevens
Judge
Colonial history contains many examples of firearm regulations in urban areas that imposed obstacles to their use for protection of the home.
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Sidney Poitier
American Actor
My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.
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Samora Machel
Leader
The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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Ryszard Kapuscinski
Polish Journalist
I'll tell you what colonial experience is.
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Paolo Gentiloni
Italian Politician
Italy has no colonial past in Iran.
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Stuart Hall
British Activist
I'm the blackest member of my family. You know, these mixed families produce children of all colors, and in Jamaica, the question of exactly what shade you were, in colonial Jamaica, that was the most important question. Because you could read off class and education and status from that. I was aware and conscious of that from the very beginning.
Quote examples
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.
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Fidel Castro
Statesman
England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.
Quote examples
Denise Lewis
British Athlete
I'm a big champion of talking about Britain's colonial past but the important thing is not hiding it away and giving a true account of history.
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John Paul Stevens
Judge
Colonial history contains many examples of firearm regulations in urban areas that imposed obstacles to their use for protection of the home.
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Sidney Poitier
American Actor
My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.
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Samora Machel
Leader
The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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Ryszard Kapuscinski
Polish Journalist
I'll tell you what colonial experience is.
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Paolo Gentiloni
Italian Politician
Italy has no colonial past in Iran.
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