colonization

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• British, Southern, Standard: /kɔlənɪˈzɛjʃən/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA2 L AH0 N IH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English colonize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English colonization From colonize + -ation.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kolonisering — process of establishing a colony
• Afrikaans: kolonisasie — process of establishing a colony
• Albanian: kolonizim — process of establishing a colony
• Arabic: اِسْتِعْمَار (istiʕmār) — process of establishing a colony
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܥܡܵܪܵܐ (šuˁmārā) — process of establishing a colony
• Armenian: գաղութացում (gaġutʻacʻum) — process of establishing a colony
• Asturian: colonización — process of establishing a colony
• Azerbaijani: müstəmləkələşdirmə — process of establishing a colony
• Belarusian: каланіза́цыя (kalanizácyja) — process of establishing a colony
• Bengali: উপনিবেশন (upônibeśôn) — process of establishing a colony
• Bulgarian: колониза́ция (kolonizácija) — process of establishing a colony
• Catalan: colonització — process of establishing a colony
• Chinese Mandarin: 殖民地化 (zhímíndìhuà) — process of establishing a colony
• Czech: kolonizace — process of establishing a colony
• Danish: kolonisering — process of establishing a colony
• Dutch: kolonisatie — process of establishing a colony
• Esperanto: koloniigo — process of establishing a colony
• Estonian: koloniseerimine — process of establishing a colony
• Finnish: kolonisaatio — process of establishing a colony
• French: colonisation — process of establishing a colony
• Galician: colonización — process of establishing a colony
• Georgian: კოლონიზაცია (ḳolonizacia) — process of establishing a colony
• German: Kolonisation — process of establishing a colony
• German: Kolonisierung — process of establishing a colony
• German: Kolonialisierung — process of establishing a colony
• German: Besiedlung — process of establishing a colony
• Greek: αποικισμός (apoikismós) — process of establishing a colony
• Greek: αποικιοποίηση (apoikiopoíisi) — process of establishing a colony
• Ancient Greek: ἀποικισμός (apoikismós) — process of establishing a colony
• Hindi: उपनिवेशन (upniveśan) — process of establishing a colony
• Hungarian: gyarmatosítás — process of establishing a colony
• Hungarian: kolonizáció — process of establishing a colony
• Italian: colonizzazione — process of establishing a colony
• Japanese: 植民地化 (shokuminchika) — process of establishing a colony
• Kazakh: елдендіру (eldendıru) — process of establishing a colony
• Khmer: អាណានិគមកិច្ច (ʼaanaanikumkəc) — process of establishing a colony
• Korean: 식민지화 (singminjihwa) — process of establishing a colony
• Kyrgyz: колонизация (kolonizatsiya) — process of establishing a colony
• Latvian: kolonizācija — process of establishing a colony
• Lithuanian: kolonizacija — process of establishing a colony
• Macedonian: колонизација (kolonizacija) — process of establishing a colony
• Māori: whakakoronitanga — process of establishing a colony
• Māori: whakataiwhenuatanga — process of establishing a colony
• Norwegian Bokmål: kolonisering — process of establishing a colony
• Norwegian Bokmål: kolonisasjon — process of establishing a colony
• Occitan: colonizacion — process of establishing a colony
• Persian: مستعمرهسازی (mosta'mare-sâzi) — process of establishing a colony
• Polish: kolonizacja — process of establishing a colony
• Portuguese: colonização — process of establishing a colony
• Romanian: colonizare — process of establishing a colony
• Russian: колониза́ция (kolonizácija) — process of establishing a colony
• Russian: заселе́ние (zaselénije) — process of establishing a colony
• Serbo-Croatian: колониза́ција — process of establishing a colony
• Serbo-Croatian: kolonizácija — process of establishing a colony
• Slovak: kolonizácia — process of establishing a colony
• Slovene: kolonizacija — process of establishing a colony
• Spanish: colonización — process of establishing a colony
• Swedish: kolonisation — process of establishing a colony
• Swedish: kolonisering — process of establishing a colony
• Tagalog: kolonisasyon — process of establishing a colony
• Thai: การทําให้เป็นอาณานิคม (gaan-tam-hâi-bpen-aa-naa-ní-kom) — process of establishing a colony
• Thai: การตั้งอาณานิคม (gaan-dtâng-aa-naa-ní-kom) — process of establishing a colony
• Turkish: koloni — process of establishing a colony
• Turkish: kolonizasyon — process of establishing a colony
• Turkish: müstemleke — process of establishing a colony
• Turkish: sömürge — process of establishing a colony
• Ukrainian: колоніза́ція (kolonizácija) — process of establishing a colony
• Uzbek: kolonizatsiya — process of establishing a colony
• Vietnamese: sự chiếm làm thuộc địa — process of establishing a colony
• Vietnamese: sự di dân — process of establishing a colony
• Yiddish: קאָלאָניזאַציע (kolonizatsye) — process of establishing a colony
• Yiddish: קאָלאָניזירונג (kolonizirung) — process of establishing a colony
• Yoruba: ìmúnisìn — process of establishing a colony