colonization
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British/kɔlənɪˈzɛjʃən/
colonization noun: the process of establishing a colony.
Noun
colonization (countable and uncountable, plural colonizations)
- The process of establishing a colony.
- The process of colonizing or taking over.
colonization meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
colonization in Hindi
- process of establishing a colony
- उपनिवेशन upniveśan
colonization in Tamil
- குடியேற்றம்
colonization in Bengali
- process of establishing a colony
- উপনিবেশন upônibeśôn
colonization in Telugu
- colonization
- వలస valasa
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- colonization in Tagalog
- kolonisasyon
- colonization in Arabic
- اِسْتِعْمَار istiʕmār
- colonization in Persian
- مستعمرهسازی mosta'mare-sâzi
- colonization in Thai
- การทำให้เป็นอาณานิคม gaan-tam-hâi-bpen-aa-naa-ní-kom, การตั้งอาณานิคม gaan-dtâng-aa-naa-ní-kom
- colonization in Vietnamese
- sự chiếm làm thuộc địa, sự di dân
Examples of colonization in a sentence
- The exploration of unknown areas was often the precursor to colonization.
- The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization.
- Colonization by the yeast usually remains nonmycotic in immunocompetent hosts.
Forms of colonization
| plural | colonizations |
|---|---|
| alternative UK | colonisation |
Origin of colonization
From colonize + -ation.
Words formed from colonization
Questions about colonization
- What does colonization mean?
- Colonization means the process of establishing a colony.
- What is colonization in Hindi?
- Colonization in Hindi is उपनिवेशन (upniveśan). See Colonization meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is colonization?
- Colonization is a noun.
- How do you pronounce colonization?
- Colonization is pronounced /kɔlənɪˈzɛjʃən/ (British).
- What is the plural of colonization?
- The plural of colonization is colonizations.
Words near colonization in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: colonization (page history and authors); colonization (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); వలస (Telugu) (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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