The term Cologne registers multiple references ...
Territory that is under the domain and administration of a foreign Nation
One of the most widespread is the one that says that Colony is that territory that is under the domain and administration of a foreign Nation that holds extensive power over it..
Although today there are several territories that are depending on the domain of another considered superior, the colonies were a very recurrent reality in past centuries, for example, after the discovery of America, many extensions of land depended and were subject to the authority of the King of Spain and the fate that was decided there, because the governors and control bodies that were located depended directly on the authority of the king, thus, in each viceroyalty, the Viceroy, was the highest authority of the place but it was subject to the final decision of the monarch.
This situation, towards the nineteenth century and thanks to the different wars for independence that were developing in the various territories, gradually disappeared and many colonies freed themselves from the Spanish will and obtained their absolute freedom to manage and govern themselves. Meanwhile, the decolonization program that has also timely promoted the United Nations has made this situation less and less recurrent throughout the world.
Set of people from a country who emigrate to another territory
Another use of the term refers to group of people from a country, region, province who, due to some situation, emigrate to another territory or country in which they settle. For example, "there is a large Swiss colony established in the City of Bariloche in the Argentine Republic."
It is usual that these colonies that are established in another place than where they originated bring with them a series of uses and customs and that they continue to deploy them. With the passage of time, these practices are spreading and become common, although they are not strictly indigenous.
One effect of the great immigration has been precisely the establishment of important colonies in various parts of the world, which were integrated into the new country but which continued to preserve customs and also their original language that was mixed with the new language and gave rise to particular terms .
Group of houses that respect an architectural similarity to each other
On the other hand, it is called a colony group of houses that respect an architectural similarity to each other. For example, a landscaped colony.
Places intended for children's recreation in periods of school recess
Also, in some parts of the world, the word colony is popularly used to refer to those places that are dedicated and are specially prepared, both building and professionally, so that children and adolescents, although mostly designed for children, develop different recreational activities during the school break season. The so-called summer camps, holiday camps.
When it is time for the holidays and the children leave school, parents must continue working or in their daily activities, as a solution for the children to be entertained and contained in a similar way as in school but without the rigorousness of the tasks and the study is the enrollment in colonies that precisely provide these services.
The boys must attend them from Monday to Friday during the day and among other activities they offer sports, swimming pools, and other recreational practices.
Group of living beings of the same species, which are organized through cooperative principles and which live in a limited territory
Meanwhile, to Instances of Biology, a colony is that group of living beings belonging to the same species, that are organized through certain cooperative principles and that live in a limited territory. This type of association is very common to occur between insects, for example, between ants, although there are many human beings in the world who choose to live in this way, grouped in a house and sharing everything in addition to the roof.
Synonym of perfume
And another very widespread use of the term is as synonymous with perfume Because the original eau de cologne is the name given to the oldest perfume brand in the world, then, this is where this indistinct use that exists between cologne and perfume would come from.
The German Juan María Farina was the creator of Eau de Cologne, which received this name because it was created precisely in the German city of Cologne, as a tribute he decided to give it that name. The fragrance was a total novelty in those days because it was unlike any other, it had a truly original aroma. Farina began producing it in her own perfume company and it is still produced today by her direct descendants.
One issue that directly influenced the success of that moment was that the vast majority of the monarchs and prominent personalities of their time acquired it, such is the case of Napoleon Bonaparte, Mozart, Queen Victoria, Voltaire, Fernando VI and Goethe, among others.
