Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penal colony

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: pe-nal -colony
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"Australia was used as a penal colony by the United Kingdom in the 18th to 19th century."

Inflected Forms

penal colonies (plural)

Questions

What does penal colony mean?: A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of criminals, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.

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