直ちょっ轄かつ植しょく民みん地ち

noun

crown colony

Historical term for a colony directly governed by the central government of the colonizing power, as opposed to a protectorate or self-governing colony.

• 香港ほんこんはかつてイギリスの直ちょっ轄かつ植しょく民みん地ちだった。

  Hong Kong was once a British crown colony.