decolonization

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• UK: /diːˌkɒl.ə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- 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 English decolonization From de- + colonization.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: dekolonisering — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Arabic: إنهاء الاستعمار (ʔinhāʔ al-istiʕmār) — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Catalan: descolonització — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Chinese Mandarin: 去殖民化 (qùzhímínhuà) — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Corsican: deculonizazione — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Corsican: deculunizazione — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Corsican: diculonizazione — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Corsican: diculunizazione — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Dutch: dekolonisatie — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Finnish: siirtomaan itsenäistyminen — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Finnish: siirtomaavallan purkautuminen — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Finnish: dekolonisaatio — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• French: décolonisation — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Galician: descolonización — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Georgian: დეკოლონიზაცია (deḳolonizacia) — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• German: Entkolonialisierung — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• German: Dekolonisation — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Greek: αποαποικιοποίηση (apoapoikiopoíisi) — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Hebrew: דה־קולוניזציה (de-kolonizátsiya) — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Hungarian: dekolonizáció — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Icelandic: afnýlenduvæðing — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Italian: decolonizzazione — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Japanese: 脱植民地化 (datsushokuminchika) — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Korean: 탈식민지화 (talsingminjihwa) — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Malay: penyahjajahan — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Occitan: descolonizacion — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Polish: dekolonizacja — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Portuguese: descolonização — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Romanian: decolonizare — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Russian: деколониза́ция (dekolonizácija) — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Sardinian: decolonizatzione — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Sicilian: diculunizzazzioni — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Sicilian: diculonizzazzioni — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Spanish: descolonización — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Turkish: dekolonizasyon — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Ukrainian: деколоніза́ція (dekolonizácija) — freeing of a colony from dependent status
• Vietnamese: phi thực dân hoá — freeing of a colony from dependent status