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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COLONIZATION

n.The act of colonizing, or state of being colonized.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COLONIZATION

Col `o *ni *za "tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. colonisation. ]

 

Defn: Tha act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies. The wide continent of America invited colonization. Bancroft.

 

COLONIZATIONIST

COLONIZATIONIST Col `o *ni *za "tion *ist, n.

 

Defn: A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist ) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

colonization

c ò l o ni z á tion 名詞 U 植民地化, 植民 .