crown colony

C19005
concept

A crown colony is a type of colonial administration directly governed by the British Crown through an appointed governor, with limited or no self-rule by local inhabitants.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
colony 3
crown colony canonical 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: crown colony
Generated description
A crown colony is a type of colonial administration directly governed by the British Crown through an appointed governor, with limited or no self-rule by local inhabitants.

Instances (5)

Instance Via concept surface
Crown Colony of Singapore
Demerara
surface form: Demerara-Essequibo
colony
Crown Colony of Sarawak
Taras colony
Epidamnos colony