指位於主權國家疆域邊界之外的地區；殖民者以自己的人民在該地建立社群，仍隸屬於殖民國，或與其殖民國有密切的關聯。

殖民地(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,,)
chih min ti (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
zhí mín dì (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
zhi min di (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
colonies(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,PN)
colony(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
koloniën(P,,U,荷蘭語-偏好,D,U,U)
kolonie(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,AD,U,U)
kolonies(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,UF,U,U)
colonias(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,PN)
colonia(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........組織 (層級名)
............組織 (群體)
................<行政機關>
....................<政務行政機關>
........................<依獨立程度區分之政務行政機關>
............................屬地 (行政機關)
................................屬地 (境外附屬地)
....................................殖民地

causative action is....

殖民化

英文....	Areas outside the boundaries of sovereign states in which they have settled communities of their own people and which remain subject to or closely connected with the parent state.
荷蘭語....	Gebieden buiten de grenslijnen van zelfstandige staten waar men gemeenschappen heeft gevestigd met eigen mensen en die onder bestuur staan van, of hecht verbonden blijven met de moederstaat.
西班牙語....	Áreas fuera de las fronteras de los estados soberanos en que tienen comunidades asentadas con su propia gente y que permanecen conectadas con el estado rector.

殖民地............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	中央研究院中英雙語知識本體詞網 February 23, 2012
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 February 23, 2012
.................	牛津當代大辭典 p. 340
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 February 23, 2012
colonies............	[VP]
.................	Atkins and Ostrow, Cross-Reference Index (989) RG, PAIS, IAC
.................	Hawkesworth and Kogan, Encyclopedia of Government and Politics (1992) Vol. 1, IND
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
.................	Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms (1986)
.................	UNESCO Thesaurus (1977)
.................	Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Institutions (1987) entry "colonial government" used in text
.................	Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987)
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1973) in Micropaedia
.................	Candidate term Candidate term - Vocabulary Coordination Group (for TAP), AHIP - 03/11/92.
colony............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
koloniën............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
kolonie............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
kolonies............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
colonias............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	TAA database (2000-)
colonia............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Moliner, Diccionario de uso del español (2004) I:673
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)

Getty AAT: 300235115 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300235115
聯合目錄： 殖民地 、chih min ti 、zhí mín dì 、zhi min di 、colonies 、colony 、koloniën 、kolonie 、kolonies 、colonias 、colonia