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Adjective: colonized  'kó-lu`nIzd
  1. Inhabited by colonists
    - colonised [Brit], settled
Verb: colonize  'kó-lu`nIz
  1. Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world
    "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"
    - colonise [Brit]
     
  2. Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
    "The British colonized the East Coast"
    - colonise [Brit]

See also: colonization, colonizer, colony, inhabited

Type of: annex, locate, settle

Antonym: decolonize

Encyclopedia: Colonize

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