(US) An African-American municipality or community built by freedmen, former slaves who were emancipated during and after the American Civil War.

A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.

A mysterious and widespread phenomenon of the sudden disappearance of colonies of bees.

(historical) The Orange Free State when annexed by Britain in 1900. Abbreviation ORC.

(historical) The thirteen British colonies that successfully revolted in 1775--1781, forming the nucleus of the United States of America. To wit: New Hampshire, Massachusetts (including present-day Maine), Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York (including present-day Vermont), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia (including present-day West Virginia), North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Pertaining to a modern "retro" interpretation of the US colonial era.

(historical) The Thirteen Colonies that became the United States of America.

plural of penal colony

Of an American architectural style that hearkens back to the architecture prominent in the United States when it was settled by the English, Spanish and Dutch.

A building built in the Colonial Revival Style.