journalists’ colony
n.— «Mr Saeed Naqvi is a prominent editor in New Delhi whose wife insisted 12 years ago that he build a low-cost house on a cheap 500 sq m plot he had acquired under a scheme for a journalists’ colony.» —“Housing Shortage That Can Destroy Friendships” by K.K. Sharma in New Delhi Financial Times (London, England) Aug. 23, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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