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)

• Swan River Colony via concept surface "British colony"
• Lordship of Ireland via concept surface "English overseas possession"
• Patience Dudley via concept surface "British colony"
  surface form: Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Somers Isles via concept surface "British overseas territory"
• Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration via concept surface "former colony and protectorate of the United Kingdom"
• Kwantung Leased Territory via concept surface "colonial possession"
• Dutch Coromandel via concept surface "former colony"
• Upper Canada via concept surface "British colony"
• Democratic Republic of the Congo via concept surface "former colony"
  surface form: Belgian Congo
• South Australia
• Dutch East Indies via concept surface "former colony"
• Dutch Angola via concept surface "former colony"