[
  {
    "word": "colony",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8k\u0252l.\u0259ni/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8k\u0252l.\u0259ni/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8k\u0251l\u0259ni\u02d0/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/colony-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2100653",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their place of origin",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An apartment complex or neighborhood.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Our colony is quite small, but each apartment is large."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from Germany."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A local group of Beaver Scouts.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/colony"
    ]
  }
]