直ちょっ轄かつ植しょく民みん地ち

Meanings

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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.

people, nation, subjects

地ground, earth

Similar words

植しょく民みん地ち
General term for colony; 直轄植民地 specifies direct rule by the central government.
保ほ護ご領りょう
Protectorate; a territory that retains internal autonomy but is under the protection of a stronger state, unlike a crown colony.

Etymology

Compound of 直轄 (direct control) and 植民地 (colony), likely a calque from English 'crown colony'.