colony
territory under the political control of an overseas state, generally with its own subordinate colonial government
Syria
country in West Asia
French colonial empire
set of territories that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s
Dutch East Indies
Dutch colony in Southeast Asia and Oceania (1800–1949)
Dutch Brazil
Dutch possession in South America between 1630-1654
French Somaliland
former French colony in the Horn of Africa
French Sudan
French colonial territory in West Africa from 1880 to 1960, now Mali
Kamerun
West African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916
New Holland
former Dutch colony in North America
Italian Empire
colonial policies undertaken by the Kingdom of Italy (1882-1946)
penal colony
remote settlement used to house convicts from the general population
Spanish Guinea
1926–1968 Spanish possession in West Africa
Ubangi-Shari
former French colony in central Africa
Kaffraria
former region and territory in SE British South Africa, chiefly descriptive of lands held by the Xhosa
Colonial Mauritania
colonial period in Mauritania
Kentucky in Africa
colony settled by freed African-American slaves in present-day Montserrado County, Liberia
Isle de France
former name for Mauritius and surrounding colonies
Colony of Gabon
colony of France in Africa
Portuguese Empire
global empire centered in Portugal (1415–1999)
French Equatorial Africa
former federation of French colonial possessions in Central Africa
Roman colony
Roman outpost established in conquered territory to secure it
Swedish Gold Coast
Swedish colony founded in 1650 by Hendrik Carloff on the Gulf of Guinea in present-day Ghana in Africa
Portuguese Gold Coast
Portuguese colony
French Dahomey
former French colony
Russian America
Russian possessions in North America in the 19th century until 1867
Darien scheme
colony of Scotland (1698–1700) on the isthmus of Panama on the Gulf of Darién, aiming to have a route connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic, abandoned after a siege by Spain
Portuguese Guinea
1474–1974 Portuguese possession in West Africa
Captaincy General of Cuba
Spanish 1607–1898 possession in the Caribbean
French Florida
French Huguenot colony (1562–1565)
Chittagong Colony
Colony in Pakistan
Middle Colonies
English, from 1707 British, possessions in North America up to 1773
dominion of Sweden
Territories under the control of Sweden
Norse settlements in Greenland
Norse settlements in Greenland during the Middle Age
German protectorates in the South Pacific
German protectorate from 1900 to 1914
Bay Islands Colony
The colony of the bay Islands existed between 1852 to 1860