former British colony

A former British colony is a territory that was once governed or administered by the British Empire but has since gained independence or undergone a change in political status.

Observed surface forms (31)

• former colony ×50
• historical political entity ×26
• British colony ×25
• Thirteen Colonies ×6
• British colony in North America ×4
• British colonial possession ×3
• British dominion ×3
• colonial possession ×3
• British overseas territory ×2
• North American colony ×2

• British American colonies ×1
• British Crown colony ×1
• British Dominion ×1
• British colonial entity ×1
• British colonial province ×1
• British colonial territory ×1
• British colonies in North America ×1
• British overseas settlement ×1
• English overseas possession ×1
• charter colony ×1
• former British colonial possession ×1
• former British protectorate ×1
• former colonial entity ×1
• former colonial territories ×1
• former colony and protectorate of the United Kingdom ×1
• former components of the British Empire ×1
• former federation of colonies ×1
• former province of British India ×1
• period of British rule ×1
• province of the Kingdom of Great Britain ×1
• remnants of the British Empire ×1

Instances (112)

• Colony of Aden via concept surface "British Crown colony"
• Viceroyalty of Peru via concept surface "former colony"
• Portuguese Ceylon via concept surface "former colony"
• Viceroyalty of New Granada via concept surface "former colony"
• British Ceylon
• Dominion of India via concept surface "British Dominion"
• Spanish Sahara via concept surface "former colony"
• French Equatorial Africa via concept surface "former federation of colonies"
• Transvaal
• Plymouth Colony via concept surface "British colony in North America"
• Indian princely states via concept surface "historical political entity"
• French Indochina via concept surface "historical political entity"
• Irish Free State via concept surface "British dominion"
• Saybrook Colony via concept surface "former colony"
• Tonkin via concept surface "former colony"
• West Indies Federation via concept surface "British colonial entity"
• French West Africa via concept surface "historical political entity"
• Cochinchina via concept surface "former colony"
• Dominions of the British Empire via concept surface "former components of the British Empire"
• New Netherland via concept surface "former colony"
• Province of Massachusetts Bay via concept surface "British colony"
• Province of New York via concept surface "British colony"
• Province of New Hampshire via concept surface "British colony"
• Province of New Jersey via concept surface "British colony"
• New Hampshire Colony via concept surface "British colony in North America"
• Province of Delaware via concept surface "British colony"
• Dominion of Australia via concept surface "British dominion"
• East Jersey
• Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) via concept surface "former colony"
• Cape Colony via concept surface "former colony"
• West Jersey via concept surface "former colony"
• Middle Colonies via concept surface "British American colonies"
• Dominion of Canada via concept surface "British dominion"
• Aden (until 1937, administratively linked) via concept surface "British colonial possession"
• Straits Settlements
• New Holland via concept surface "former colony"
• East Berlin via concept surface "historical political entity"
• New Haven Colony
• British North American colonies (except some territories) via concept surface "British colonial possession"
• German states via concept surface "historical political entity"
• British Guiana
• Province of North Carolina via concept surface "British colony"
• New England Colonies via concept surface "British colony"
• Delaware Colony via concept surface "Thirteen Colonies"
• United Colonies via concept surface "historical political entity"
• Massachusetts Bay Colony via concept surface "British colony"
• Bihar and Orissa Province via concept surface "former province of British India"
• Confederation of the Rhine via concept surface "historical political entity"
• Province of New England via concept surface "former colony"
• Dutch Brazil via concept surface "former colony"