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colonisation

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British/kɔlənɪˈzɛjʃən/

colonisation is the alternative spelling of colonization.

Meaning of colonization

Noun

colonization (countable and uncountable, plural colonizations)

  1. The process of establishing a colony.
  2. The process of colonizing or taking over.

Forms of colonisation

pluralcolonisations

Words formed from colonisation

Questions about colonisation

What is colonisation the alternative spelling of?
Colonisation is the alternative spelling of colonization.
How do you pronounce colonisation?
Colonisation is pronounced /kɔlənɪˈzɛjʃən/ (British).

Words near colonisation in the dictionary

  1. colonied
  2. colonies
  3. colonigenic
  4. colonimetric
  5. colonisable
  6. colonisation
  7. colonisational
  8. colonisationist
  9. colonisations
  10. colonise
  11. colonised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: colonisation (page history and authors); colonization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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