Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)colony, settlementa body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government“the American colony in Paris”
(n)colonization, colonisation, settlementthe act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies“the British colonization of America”
(n)settlement, resolution, closuresomething settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making“they finally reached a settlement with the union”, “they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences”, “he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure”
(n)liquidation, settlementtermination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities