| colony | n 1. subject country or territory, tanah jajahan, koloni: nations which are former British colonies, negara-negara yg merupakan bekas tanah jajahan British; 2. people of one race, occupation, etc living together, koloni: the Indian ~ in London, koloni orang India di London; 3. segregated group, perkampungan: a leper ~, perkampungan pesakit kusta; 4. (zool) koloni: a ~ of penguins, koloni penguin; 5. (bacteriology) koloni. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| Crown Colony | n Tanah Jajahan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| independence | n 1. state of being independent, kebebasan; (of state, country, etc) kemerdekaan: he felt he should be given more ~, dia berasa dia patut diberi lebih kebebasan; intellectual ~, kebebasan intelektual; the colony was granted ~ six years later, tanah jajahan itu diberi kemerdekaan enam tahun kemudian; 2. time when a country obtains political independence, kemerdekaan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| assimilate | vt 1. absorb, a. mengasimilasikan, memesrakan: the food is easy to ~, makanan itu mudah diasimilasi; b. (fig.) memahami: it took him a long time to ~ the data, dia mengambil masa yg lama utk memahami data itu; 2. allow to become part of (group) mengasimilasikan: Australia has ~d people from many nations, Australia telah mengasimilasikan orang dr banyak negara; 3. cause to become similar, menyamakan: the laws of the colony were ~d to those of the mother country, undang-undang tanah jajahan itu disamakan dgn undang-undang negara induk; 4. (phon) mengasimilasi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |