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English Dictionary: colonization by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colonization
n
  1. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America"
    Synonym(s): colonization, colonisation, settlement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colonization \Col`o*ni*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. colonisation.]
      The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the
      formation of a colony or colonies.
  
               The wide continent of America invited colonization.
                                                                              --Bancroft.
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