Colonisation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of colonization. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "Colonisation began towards the end of 1826, when a British settlement was founded at Albany, on the southern coast, and in the next year the whole territory (then known as New Holland) became a possession of the British Crown."

  2. 2
    the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies wordnet

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colonizationcolonizationsettlement

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