Colonial

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Colonial or The Colonial may refer to:

• Colonial, of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony:
  • Colonialism, the extension of political control to new areas
  • A colonist, a person who has migrated to an area and established a permanent residence there to colonize the area
  • Colonial troops, any of various military units recruited from, or used as garrison troops in, colonial territories
  • Colonial Australia
  • Colonial history of the United States, the period of American history from the 17th century to 1776, under the rule of Great Britain, France and Spain
  • Spanish colonization of the Americas, the period of history of Spanish rule over most of the Americas, from the 15th century through the late 19th century

Architecture

• American colonial architecture
• Colonial Revival architecture
• French Colonial
• Spanish Colonial architecture

Cars

• Colonial (1920 automobile), the first American automobile with four-wheel brakes
• Colonial (Shaw automobile), a rebranded Shaw sold from 1921 until 1922
• Colonial (1921 automobile), a car from Boston which was sold from 1921 until 1922

Places

• The Colonial (Indianapolis, Indiana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Indiana
• The Colonial (Mansfield, Ohio), listed on the NRHP in Ohio
• Ciudad Colonial (Santo Domingo), historic central neighborhood of Santo Domingo and the oldest permanent European settlement of the Americas
• Colonial Country Club (Fort Worth), a golf course in Texas
  • Fort Worth Invitational, a PGA golf tournament at the club sometimes referred to as "The Colonial"
• Colonial Country Club (Memphis), a golf course in Tennessee
• Inmobiliaria Colonial, a Spanish corporation, which includes companies in the domains of real estate

Sport

• George Washington Colonials, the nickname for the athletic teams of George Washington University, Washington, DC.
• Robert Morris Colonials, the nickname for the athletic teams of Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Trains

• Colonial (PRR train), a Pennsylvania Railroad run between Washington, DC and New York City, last operated in 1973 by Amtrak
• Colonial (Amtrak 1976), an Amtrak train that began running between Newport News, Virginia and New York in 1976, renamed Old Dominion in 1992; now part of Amtrak's Northeast Regional
• Colonial (Amtrak 1997), an Amtrak train that began running from Richmond, Virginia to New York train in 1977 and eventually became part of the Northeast Regional

See also

• Colonial Hotel (disambiguation)
• Colonial Theatre (disambiguation)