Alternative spelling of postcolonialism

(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.

(microbiology) laboratory equipment used to count colonies of bacteria, or other microorganisms, growing on agar, usually in a Petri dish.

(dated) A locality in which a group of nudists live temporarily or permanently separated from the rest of the community

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

plural of colony counter

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

A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of deportees, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.

plural of penal colony

A country, especially a former colony, controlled or dominated by another country, by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.