The 19th-century European colonization of Africa has left a lasting legacy all over the continent.
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Colonization
Synonyms for "colonization" (60 found)
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Related words (30)
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5 entriesRelated terms
9 entriesderived
15 entrieshas context
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2 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
73 translations across 56 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- kolonisasie noun (process of establishing a colony)
- kolonisering noun (process of establishing a colony)
Albanian
1 entries- kolonizim noun (process of establishing a colony)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀποικισμός noun (process of establishing a colony)
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْتِعْمَار noun (process of establishing a colony)
Armenian
1 entries- գաղութացում noun (process of establishing a colony)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܫܘܼܥܡܵܪܵܐ noun (process of establishing a colony)
Asturian
1 entries- colonización noun (process of establishing a colony)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- müstəmləkələşdirmə noun (process of establishing a colony)
Belarusian
1 entries- каланіза́цыя noun (process of establishing a colony)
Bengali
1 entries- উপনিবেশন noun (process of establishing a colony)
Bulgarian
1 entries- колониза́ция noun (process of establishing a colony)
Catalan
1 entries- colonització noun (process of establishing a colony)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 殖民地化 noun (process of establishing a colony)
Czech
1 entries- kolonizace noun (process of establishing a colony)
Danish
1 entries- kolonisering noun (process of establishing a colony)
Dutch
1 entries- kolonisatie noun (process of establishing a colony)
Esperanto
1 entries- koloniigo noun (process of establishing a colony)
Estonian
1 entries- koloniseerimine noun (process of establishing a colony)
Finnish
1 entries- kolonisaatio noun (process of establishing a colony)
French
1 entries- colonisation noun (process of establishing a colony)
Galician
1 entries- colonización noun (process of establishing a colony)
Georgian
1 entries- კოლონიზაცია noun (process of establishing a colony)
German
4 entries- Besiedlung noun (process of establishing a colony)
- Kolonialisierung noun (process of establishing a colony)
- Kolonisation noun (process of establishing a colony)
- Kolonisierung noun (process of establishing a colony)
Greek
2 entries- αποικιοποίηση noun (process of establishing a colony)
- αποικισμός noun (process of establishing a colony)
Hindi
1 entries- उपनिवेशन noun (process of establishing a colony)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyarmatosítás noun (process of establishing a colony)
- kolonizáció noun (process of establishing a colony)
Italian
1 entries- colonizzazione noun (process of establishing a colony)
Japanese
1 entries- 植民地化 noun (process of establishing a colony)
Kazakh
1 entries- елдендіру noun (process of establishing a colony)
Khmer
1 entries- អាណានិគមកិច្ច noun (process of establishing a colony)
Korean
1 entries- 식민지화 noun (process of establishing a colony)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- колонизация noun (process of establishing a colony)
Latvian
1 entries- kolonizācija noun (process of establishing a colony)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kolonizacija noun (process of establishing a colony)
Macedonian
1 entries- колонизација noun (process of establishing a colony)
Māori
2 entries- whakakoronitanga noun (process of establishing a colony)
- whakataiwhenuatanga noun (process of establishing a colony)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kolonisasjon noun (process of establishing a colony)
- kolonisering noun (process of establishing a colony)
Occitan
1 entries- colonizacion noun (process of establishing a colony)
Persian
1 entries- مستعمرهسازی noun (process of establishing a colony)
Polish
1 entries- kolonizacja noun (process of establishing a colony)
Portuguese
1 entries- colonização noun (process of establishing a colony)
Romanian
1 entries- colonizare noun (process of establishing a colony)
Russian
2 entries- заселе́ние noun (process of establishing a colony)
- колониза́ция noun (process of establishing a colony)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kolonizácija noun (process of establishing a colony)
- колониза́ција noun (process of establishing a colony)
Slovak
1 entries- kolonizácia noun (process of establishing a colony)
Slovene
1 entries- kolonizacija noun (process of establishing a colony)
Spanish
1 entries- colonización noun (process of establishing a colony)
Swedish
2 entries- kolonisation noun (process of establishing a colony)
- kolonisering noun (process of establishing a colony)
Tagalog
1 entries- kolonisasyon noun (process of establishing a colony)
Thai
2 entries- การตั้งอาณานิคม noun (process of establishing a colony)
- การทำให้เป็นอาณานิคม noun (process of establishing a colony)
Turkish
4 entries- koloni noun (process of establishing a colony)
- kolonizasyon noun (process of establishing a colony)
- müstemleke noun (process of establishing a colony)
- sömürge noun (process of establishing a colony)
Ukrainian
1 entries- колоніза́ція noun (process of establishing a colony)
Uzbek
1 entries- kolonizatsiya noun (process of establishing a colony)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự chiếm làm thuộc địa noun (process of establishing a colony)
- sự di dân noun (process of establishing a colony)
Yiddish
2 entries- קאָלאָניזאַציע noun (process of establishing a colony)
- קאָלאָניזירונג noun (process of establishing a colony)
Yoruba
1 entries- ìmúnisìn noun (process of establishing a colony)
Sample sentences
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Some forensics researchers study the rate of insect colonization of carcasses.
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Bacterial colonization of the intestine occurs after birth.
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Africanized bee colonization caused a panic in America in the 90s.
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