colonial

Definitions

colony + -al ('relating to') = 'belonging to a colony.' Used mostly as an adjective tying things to the age of empires — colonial rule, colonial architecture, the colonial era. As a noun it names a person living in a colony.

Common Collocations

• 1.colonial power殖民大国
• 2.colonial rule殖民统治
• 3.colonial era殖民时代
• 4.colonial architecture殖民地建筑

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The museum displays furniture from the colonial period.

• 2.

  Many colonial buildings still line the old harbor.

• 3.

  The colonials demanded the same rights as citizens back home.