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colonialism meaning in Myanmar

ကိုလိုနီဝါဒ kuiluiniwada.

UK/kəˈləʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm//kəˈloʊ.njə.lɪ.zəm/

colonialism in Myanmar: ကိုလိုနီဝါဒ (kuiluiniwada.). In English, colonialism means the seizure of geographical area to extract its natural resources or exploit the labor of the indigenous peoples to remotely benefit a distant country.

Myanmar words for colonialism

policy of authority over people or territories
ကိုလိုနီဝါဒ kuiluiniwada.

English meaning of colonialism

  1. noun The seizure of geographical area to extract its natural resources or exploit the labor of the indigenous peoples to remotely benefit a distant country.
  2. noun The subjugation of a weaker country, population, or people by a dominant country, population, or people.
  3. noun Any form of foreign influence seen as undesirable.
  4. noun A colonial word, phrase, concept, or habit.

Full definition of colonialism

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Questions about colonialism in Myanmar

What is the meaning of colonialism in Myanmar?
Colonialism in Myanmar is ကိုလိုနီဝါဒ (kuiluiniwada.).
colonialism ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
Colonialism: ကိုလိုနီဝါဒ (kuiluiniwada.).
What does colonialism mean in English?
Colonialism means the seizure of geographical area to extract its natural resources or exploit the labor of the indigenous peoples to remotely benefit a distant country.

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